Gosh, Greg, it's so nice to know that we can rely on you to stir up this conversation every six months or so so that the new folks will get to know a little history of the list.
Anyway, this whole diatribe was started because Ed admitted that he's a vendor whore. What I'm not understanding is why you feel the need to tell us that too. Or maybe all of the MVPs here should also state "I'm a vendor whore" and then you'll feel like you won a big prize at the fair. Or something. Missy "I'm a vendor whore" Koslosky ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Deckler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 3:06 PM Subject: RE: Migrating from GroupWise 6.5 > Sorry, I should have been more clear. I will restate this for seemingly > the 11 millionth time. Accepting titles FROM VENDORS is bad and > unprofessional. > > > Actually, degree DOES equal title. > > > > One day, I am just ordinary old Jim Blunt. The next day Washington State > > Univ. bestows an honorary doctorate in Computer Engineering, due to some > > mythical contributions I have made to the industry. > > > > My signature would now read: > > > > DR. James Blunt, Computer Engineer > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Greg Deckler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 11:22 AM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: RE: Migrating from GroupWise 6.5 > > > > > > Well, yes, I would expect that to be the extent of your research. > > > > degree <> title > > > > > "check out other professions and their views on accepting honorary > > > titles." > > > > > > <googling> > > > Dr. receives honorary degree > > > lawyer receives honorary degree > > > > > > Just for reference. > > _________________________________________________________________ > 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]
