A community is a strange and fragile thing, not exactly related to numbers. The loss of contributors such as those mentioned may very likely have an undesirable effect on the make-up of our community.
I would point out that I wouldn't like my words to link to content that I didn't expressly desire them to as well, fwiw. - Calvin -----Original Message----- From: Rick Faircloth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 7:07 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: wtf are those advertizing links in the text? I assume you're talking about the links the in content...right? And, yes, the list would be reduced in it's effectiveness if Jochem and Paul were to withdraw, but it wouldn't necessarily mean the end of the list... I've been helped by both of them on numerous occasions and would hate to be without their input...but one or two can't hold a couple of thousand captive... Rick ---------------------------------------- From: Dave Watts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 6:25 PM To: CF-Talk <cf-talk@houseoffusion.com> Subject: RE: wtf are those advertizing links in the text? > I agree with Ewok, here...I only heard one legal threat from > a participant and a concern about what the content would be > linked to from me...didn't see one other objection... I would be forced to withdraw, and I imagine that lots of other people might be in the same boat for the same reason that Jochem and Paul Hastings mentioned. I've been through this before elsewhere, and I simply wouldn't be able to justify the risk. And it's worth pointing out that the list would be significantly less valuable if it loses the likes of Jochem and Paul. Between the two of them, they cover everything there is to know about RFCs and Unicode! Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:203769 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
