I was not going to add to this discussion, but this message is going to far. World wide liberty of expression -in decent terms- positive or negative, about any commercial entity MUST be allowed.
If the IEEE is going to "lick the heels" of companies who are very well able to defend themselves, then the EMC-SCTC list will have received the last contribution from me. Agilent/HP has taken several decisions in the past that were -seen from the point of customers- , well justified by a many of the remarks that has been posted on this list. I believe that instead of writing this -invitation to auto-censure- the IEEE could have asked Agilent to write an reply from their point of view. I have been considering to become a member of IEEE, this contribution has definely put that on the long list. Regards, Gert Gremmen ce-test, qualified testing Rotterdam, The Netherlands http://www.ce-test.nl From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of David Heald Sent: vrijdag 7 februari 2003 21:25 To: [email protected] Subject: Apology to Agilent Technologies and Hewlett-Packard Importance: High To: Agilent Technologies and Hewlett-Packard: The administrators of the IEEE emc-pstc listserver apologize to Agilent Technologies and Hewlett-Packard for the derogatory remarks recently posted to this listserver. We take every effort to maintain a high level of professionalism in postings. Because of our high- level expectations, we do not moderate the postings. Occasionally, some inappropriate content is posted, and we immediately notify our subscribers and seek to quench any further inappropriate content. We did notify our subscribers. Unfortunately, a number of inappropriate remarks were posted before our notice was fully distributed. On this occasion, as in other similar occastions, some of our subscribers send us private responses supporting our action. While we wish these actions were not necessary, we do find that these actions generally help to improve the level of professionalism. We believe the remarks were personal opinions and did not represent employers' views. We will amend our rules, sent to each new subscriber, to clarify that such remarks are out of order. If any subscriber wishes to discuss this matter further, please do so via private e-mail to the administrators. On behalf of all administrators, Dave Heald co-Administrator, IEEE emc-pstc listserver This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Dave Heald: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] Archive is being moved, we will announce when it is back on-line. All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Dave Heald: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] Archive is being moved, we will announce when it is back on-line. All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
