ZMan I feel the same. I realize not everyone knows all the tech stuff we deal with and I value a second pair of eyes as long as they are respectful and relative to the topic, no problem.
Scott ford www.identityforge.com On Aug 30, 2012, at 11:59 AM, zMan <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 4:24 AM, Ron MacRae <[email protected]> wrote: > >> While there may be small pieces of relevent information these tend to be >> hidden in vast ammounts of verbiage. However you should have the >> capability to ignore all such posts and direct them to a SPAM folder, as I >> do, without too much pain? >> > > Right, I could ignore him entirely. But (a) it drags down the quality of > the list; (b) he DOES make occasional relevant comments, which I'd hate to > miss; and (c) it's rude, in a public forum. He knows better: he's been > around. > > He did some interesting stuff, which I (and others) would like to hear > about. But posting about something that happened to use the same name > ("Medusa") as a word that someone mentioned in passing makes it pretty > clear that this is automated, and that makes it spam. As a member of the > list, I'm going to say "Please stop spamming" to someone who should know > better (I wouldn't bother with a headhunter or other non-entity). > > Plenty of venues cherish detailed technology history, anecdotes, war > stories, failure and conflict recaps, digressions, etc. But people coming > to IBM-MAIN for current zEnterprise discussions don't all want to wade > through that. So it's best -- courteous -- to post in appropriate places. > > Lynn Wheeler, we know you're out there. Would that you would weigh in here, > explain yourself? > -- > zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
