[Info-vax] Anyone interested in another public access system

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <49E3FBB7.2815D9C6 at spam.comcast.net>,
	David J Dachtera <djesys.no at spam.comcast.net> writes:
> Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>> 
>> [snip]
>> So, start marketing all these great feature for Unix. 
> 
> Jon Powers of Sector7 is already doing that. Google this group for his
> recent posts.

Posting in c.o.v is not marketing.

> 
>> But don't hold
>> your breath.  Not everyone falls for hype. 
> 
> Never thought of release notes as "hype".

Never thought of release notes (or any other technical documentation
as marketing.

> 
>> Some people actually wait
>> for a real need.
> 
> ...and some people are blissfullly foating down that river in Egypt
> (d'Nile).

Seems to be where most of the VMS fanatics are today.

> 
> I'd have to refer you back to my earlier posts regarding the other
> points.
> 
> ...which means that this has become a circular argument, which indicates
> a stalemate. So, there's no point in continuing.

Yeah, I had already seen that.  But then, tha's how most religous arguments
go and there is much more religion in this group than anything else.

> 
> I do encourage you, however, to open your paradigm up rather a good bit.
> You might find that there's more to be enjoyed than the solitude of your
> two-seater with you and your golf clubs in it.

Why?  I don't want to be a taxi.  My daughter is grown up and living her
own life.  When she wants to visit, she has her own car.  There is just
me and my wife and we are happy to enjoy the life we have earned which
is centered around us and not someone else's needs any more.  If you
want to drive a mini-van, well, that's your choice and right, but I see
no reason why you would assume anyone else would share your interests.
Especially someone you really know nothing about.

> 
> It will take courage, and lots of it - because you'll have to
> acknowledge that other viewpoints are as valid as your own. 

I aknowledge other viewpoints are as valid as my own.  But not when
someone tries to force me to apply them to my life.

>                                                             That's a
> mighty stretch for many of us who find comfort behind the shield of our
> keyboard.
> 
> Make the stretch anyway. If we are not learning, we're dead.

I learn every day.  But there is a big difference between learning and
and following like a sheep.

bill

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Bill Gunshannon          |  de-moc-ra-cy (di mok' ra see) n.  Three wolves
billg999 at cs.scranton.edu |  and a sheep voting on what's for dinner.
University of Scranton   |
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