On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Gora Mohanty <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:37:11 +0530 > Nalin Savara <[email protected]> wrote: > [...] > > I shared a perspective about my excitement at the opportunity and > > challenges--- for the good folks at Oracle in terms of business model and > > strategy... on acquisition of a product that was till now open source. > > > Personally I feel the opportunity to innovate on a business model and > <snip> > > > --- > > Gora wrote: > > > > > >Customer discontent? Bah to you, and your ilk. > > > > > > > > > > Gora, do not use language like "you and your ilk" upon me. > > > > I respect your age, seniority and qualifications but even you better > refrain > > from such personal attacks-- and limit yourself to debating and/or > > criticising the idea rather than degrading a individual's caste or > > ethnicity. > [...] > > Er, what? In the context, "ilk" refers to people with positions > similar to yours. I am not sure how you managed to read that > statement as being about caste and ethnicity. In any case, such was > absolutely not my intention, and never will be. > Thanks for the clarification-- that really helped. Personally, earlier in life-- I have dealt with people who would first curse the "bania blood" or "trader mindset" or "punjabi mentality"-- and after seeing oneself maintain a decent silence on that--- they would go further-- and indulge in full-scale bullying or discrimination. That's the reason when in doubt; I personally draw a line and ask the other guy to stop-- rather than assume good intentions-- and have someone think they can walk over oneself OR one's beliefs/history. Thanks for the clarification and Regards, NS _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
