It appears that all of the free copies have been spoken for; which is fine. It appears that you only allow for the possibility that there are fewer than 10-12 "fair-minded individuals" on this list; I would hope that is an underestimate. Not having read it your book I have posted no reviews of it here or elsewhere. I'm not sure what "childish and cowardly" attacks you're referring to; though certainly your unique and documented position on ethics in the technology field has gotten some public discussion here of late.
If you do find that you have an extra copy of the book I'll be happy to take a look at it. Unfortunately Chris beat me to the observation that sending somebody a free book creates a conflict of interest in the Deckler-system which thus calls into question the ethics of the reviewer. I will attempt to remain impartial despite the obvious compensation: Ben M. Schorr Damon Key Leong Kupchak Hastert 1001 Bishop St., Pauahi Tower 16th Floor Honolulu, HI 96813-3480 As a suggestion, if you have an electronic copy of the manuscript you may find it easier (and cheaper) to distribute to interested reviewers in that form. At ~88 pages it would not be a burdensome .PDF file. Just a thought. Mahalo, -Ben- Ben M. Schorr, MVP-OneNote, CNA, MCPx4 Director of Information Services Damon Key Leong Kupchak Hastert http://www.hawaiilawyer.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Deckler Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 10:23 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: A CHALLENGE to the List Well, it appears that a number of individuals from this list have chosen to engage in childish and cowardly ad hominem attacks on myself and Achieving Process Profitability: Building the IT Profit Center without ever even reading a single page of it. I have been in contact with Amazon.com so these "reviews" will be removed in the near future. I could take this opportunity to opine about how unprofessional, unfair, childish and cowardly this is, but instead I offer this challenge: I will send you a copy of my Achieving Process Profitability at my own expense for you to review. All that I ask in return is that you actually read Achieving Process Profitability and post an honest, impartial review of it's contents, not your personal prejudices, to Amazon.com and this list. I will only respond to indivuals that publicly accept my challenge on this list, just respond to this message and then privately email me your name and address. I have a limited supply of books so I will accept the first 10-12 responses to this challenge. All fair-minded individuals will accept this challenge and the rest of the "pompous bags of gas" will be exposed for what they are. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&; lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
