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Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 6:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Ogf-l] PI Spell Names

In a message dated 2/22/04 12:27:19 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

<<What Clark seems to be defending is a name that has no value?>>

Wrong, what Clark is defending is his _clear_right_ under the license to do what he did.  He doesn't want to be hazed for it.  And you know, I think he's right.  He's given a LOT of OGC and suggestions to other vendors out there.  Even if you disagree with him, leave it at that.  Disagree with him. Clark's a big boy and he's a lawyer.  He's probably more used to being disagreed with than most people.  However, I think what he doesn't want to be is hounded.

I was just gonna let him defend himself, but I am gonna chime in against tirades like this, because I think his position is entirely valid.  Even if you are not intending these as tirades, you _know_, from your own admission, that this stuff is bothering the guy.  Take it to him offlist, privately, if you need to, instead of doing what smacks of trying to garner support to point a finger at him.

Again, I consider these rants much like complaining that the $50,000 car somebody just gave you for free didn't come with a satellite radio, and for that you call the present giver thoughtless.


 
The email you replied to was a very badly worded one that made my point extremely badly. I had no intention of hounding Clark or having a tirade, I can't even blame PMT or anything. I my original intent was to say that I didn't see how this sort of thing would help *ME* (when I believed that I WAS in a similar situation as Clark) not to bash Clark. (I believed that it was obvious that someone who was still in business knew what they were doing and that I just didn't get their explanation). I seriously regret sticking my foot in my mouth with this as if I had worked out a more diplomatic way to request further clarification (without sounding like a complainer, he might have gone over the positive business implications). However as I don't have a large business to protect, like he does, I don't suppose it matters if I don't do things the same way that Clark did then or does now.
 
I have actually said separately (or tried to) that I didn't think this product WAS trying to cripple any content, and mistakenly thought that saying that was enough to stop that bad email from sounding bitchy.
 
To use your example, I was sort of scratching my head and saying two things:
 
1) "Why do you take out the cassette player run around the free car and then put it back in from the other door?"
2) "Why do you put a microwave oven into the back seat of the car and then take it out again?"
 
However, I freely admit that I did sound like a guy complaining about the lack of satellite radio when he should just be saying: "Hey, a free car, wow, that's really cool!"
 
David Shepheard
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