Most of what Timothy Sipples says is fair controversial comment on Edward Jaffe's post. His use of the verb 'opines' is not. As far back as the Alexandrian rhetoricians money collected for my worthy cause has gone into a 'war chest' and that collected to advance your despicable ends has instead gone into a 'slush fund'. I 'judge' and you 'opine'.
More generally, I doubt that EJ was suggesting that help is not available from IBM if the appropriate questions are asked or that the technical advice provided by, say, Martin Packer is inapposite or disingenuous. This is just not the case. Marketing people, those of both IBM and its competitors, do of course try to put the best possible face on the characteristics of their products; and it would be naif to expect them to behave differently. John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
