My intent was definitely not offend anyone with my last post, and if I did so, apologies extended.
I view IBM-MAIN as an extremely valuable technical resource. When I perceive it being used as a vehicle for one-upmanship it is frustrating, hence my strong language. I will try to watch that in any future posts. Mike -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of CM Poncelet Sent: Tuesday, September 7, 2021 12:50 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: RENT binder option - note of thanks! Caution! This message was sent from outside your organization. To paraphrase Juvenal, "sed quis custodit ipsos custodes?" ("but who guards the guards themselves?") On 06/09/2021 21:15, Mike Hochee wrote: > Just a word of thanks to the IBM heavyweights (Jim, Peter, Sri, et. al.) to > whom a debt of gratitude is owed for their deep-water expertise, patience, > and willingness to share knowledge when they undoubtedly have many other > things to work on. > > I suspect there are many subscriber motivations for posting on this forum, > some obvious and simple: wrestling with a problem for days and pulling hair > out, making known a potentially serious 'gotcha', or 'Hey, that happened to > me!' and therefore sharing the love. There are undoubtedly other motivations > for posting that are not so obvious, and disappointingly some of these often > muddy the waters and result in very large waste-of-time threads for the vast > majority of subscribers, but might however serve to satisfy the personal and > non-technical needs of a few folks. > > Charles' suggestion of a 'Like' button hit the nail on the head. A mechanism > for informing personally needy folks that they are no longer enlightening, > but instead engaging in an unwelcome behavior. Yes, they did play well with > others for a while, but eventually felt a compelling need to make love to > their egos in a public forum, a forum designed to assist folks with deeper > technical issues. > > The downside is often evidenced by a dozens of emails rather than 5 or 10. A > much more serious downside is that the patience of our excellent IBM > resources might eventually wear thin, I know mine would. > > HTH, > Mike > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN . > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
