At 1:01 AM -0400 4/16/02, Chris Devers wrote: >On Mon, 15 Apr 2002, Puneet Kishor wrote: >> sorry guys, maybe I'll lurk, maybe I'll leave, maybe I'll go back to my >No no no, please don't leave. >Please accept my deep & sincere apologies for what I wrote. >Chris Devers
May I say that: 1. Chris' comments were inappropriate, and those he named should not feel that he represents a majority, or even substantial portion, of the subscribers to this list. 2. Chris has promptly and forthrightly apologized; any further discussion that does not acknowledge this would seem inappropriate. 3. Of the several hundred posts to this list so far in 2002, all but a few have been constructive and useful to some subscribers. 4. While Chris has learned a particular lesson in list civility, others in this thread might learn the lesson that they were rudely treated just for joining in the conversation -- but I wish they would consider a different lesson: that focused questions lead to more interesting answers and wider participation. 5. As I read the thoughtful posts in this thread I found myself growing impatient. The original question was so broad that it lost its anchor almost immediately. This is the only problem with the early posts; the mistake in the later posts was to not see that a very small number of folks were taking a lot of air time circling around a vague topic. 6. These mistakes don't reflect the ideas or programming skills of the posters. 7. Mistakes were made, and when we want to learn, mistakes are our friends. Cheers, -- - Bruce __bruce_van_allen__santa_cruz_ca__
