>From: "Ryan S. Dancey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Frankly, I grow tired of all the incessent doom-saying. Let other people >worry about themselves. You just worry about you. They don't need your >protection and they don't need someone to look out for them. They're >perfectly capable of being rational adults and excerising reasonable >caution. I would like to extend an open apology to Mr. Dancey and to all those on the group who might feel similarly. By way of explanation, my "day job" is as a (THE, actually) computer security analyst for the federal judicary. The ENTIRE court system. I work very high up and report directly to the Office in the Federal Judiciary that would be the Office of the President in the Executive branch. In my day job I am paid to be paranoid, and I am paid to look out for other people's interests. I am paid EXTRA to be paranoid. In short, Mr. Dancey's comments above made me consider that I have carried this attitude onto the lists, and that it might be coming off as unnecessarily critical of his efforts and of the accomplishments that the Foundation has made to date. I would like to apologize to all if that in fact has been the case. I am very supportive of the foundation and of its goals. I think that Mr. Dancey has done an incredible job considering all of the obstacles that he faced, and all of the potential pitfalls that were in his way. A hearty Hurrah! and I mean that sincerely. I think also that the list has made an incredible contribution, and am proud to have been along for the ride, so to speak. For the record: 1. No, I have never really believed there to be a great conspiracy (or even a little one). Just a bunch of people doing what they love and trying to make it pay a little. 2. No, I don't agree >100%< with ALL of the decisions that have been made, but that is (mostly) none of my business. This is Ryan's show, and we are riding in his boat. 3. No, I don't argue just to be argumentative. I will only take a stand when I feel strongly that an improvement *might* be possible. 4. Yes, I think improvements could be made. I wouldn't be human if I did not think I could improve upon perfection. 5. Yes, I think we have a GREAT thing going here, and want it to last at least long enough to get my own products out. Thank you for your attention. I will endeavor to be more sensitive in the future. Sincerely; Dave (Faust) _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
