John,
Your discouragement implies that USNO doesn't know what it's doing and
that Mr Zacharias hasn't learned anything from earlier catalog releases.
Is that something you'd like others to imply about you? If you said that
about me I'd be insulted. That's what I said.
It's not worth discussing this anymore as we clearly have different
opinions about the robustness of USNO, the maturity of the fine people
that work there and their ability to manage the roll out of a project of
this magnitude. I don't like the 'agree to disagree' phrase too much but
I think it applies here. I value your opinion on matters related to
astronomy and CdC and don't want to sour things further.
Take it easy,
Sander
John Mahony wrote:
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> What part did you think was insulting to the USNO? Here it is from the
> same USNO link I posted earlier:
> <http://www.usno.navy.mil/USNO/astrometry/optical-IR-prod/ucac
> <http://www.usno.navy.mil/USNO/astrometry/optical-IR-prod/ucac>>
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