Mike, et al What is needed still? I have a fully working PII 450 sitting in a closet and would be happy to spare any parts still needed. They are not the latest greatest, but if it makes the difference of a machine running or not, I would be happy to help.
Kevin >I would say it is a sad remark about the economy more than a personal >failure on anyone's part. Some people have encountered serious hardships >since committing to the project and are unable to contribute through no >fault of their own. I have spoken with four people since Friday about >why they were unable to fulfill their commitment and can tell you there >are good reasons why they haven't sent anything. > >One important note, and this is not directed at anyone in particular - >people's situations change rapidly. The reason we are committing to >doing this is that we want to help a friend in need. Any finger >pointing, second guessing, or act that would cause this project to >degenerate into something else would be quite inappropriate. > >We can always just send Michael some cash for a new machine as an >alternative, and that requires zero acrimony. It just takes an agreement >on how to handle things, so that this effort will have the desired >result. > >M > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 9:26 AM >> To: CF-Community >> Subject: RE: Mikey D's machine >> >> >> Personally I think that its sad that people did not follow >> through with >> what they pledged. Says a lot to some extent. >> >> larry >> >> At 09:18 AM 9/8/2003, you wrote: >> >True. >> > >> >Rather, I have numerous modems / NIC cards / sound cards >> sitting around >> >that would be suitable for this purpose. >> > >> >A number of people have contacted me with apologies / >> regrets for not >> >sending component pieces for the system. The reasons cited have been >> >practical ones, which I can completely understand. >> > >> >I have directed all of these people to apologise personally >> to Erika, >> >who seemed the most outraged that this project is not complete yet. >> > >> >But it seems to me we need to look at a fallback plan. >> Either we need >> >some people to make a serious commitment to send parts, or >> we need to >> >make contributions directly to Mike D. >> > >> >M >> >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm
