Not to start a war, but I have been, obviously with different names as I move companies and retired, on this list and others since 1990, and have never found rivalry negative. If the US and USSR weren't competing to get to the moon 1st, who knows if we would even have reached the noon if the rivalry was not there...
Just my 10cent's worth... Op do 28 aug 2025 om 19:52 schreef Mike Kerford-Byrnes <[email protected]>: > Messrs Metz and Perryman > > > > Having been on this list (and IBM-Main) for many years, I have appreciated > the many contributions that you have both made. They have been informative > and, in some cases, proved directly useful. You should both be proud of > them. > > > > However, it is not for those contributions that you are likely to be > remembered in the years to come. It is for the irritating and petty (at > least to me) squabbles in which you indulge, where each of you seems to be > trying to out-do the other in terms of insult and/or bad manners. It does > you no credit and the list(s) gain absolutely nothing from them. > > > > By all means keep up your list-related contributions - I am sure I am not > alone in my appreciation of them. > > > > You are not the first to indulge in this behaviour, but I sincerely hope > you > will be the last, and that you will both CEASE and DESIST. The list(s) > will > be the better for it if you do and, I suspect, your own self respect will > be > improved. > > > > Sincerely > > > > Mike Kerford-Byrnes > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
