Not knowing anything about your educational background, I will still readily and happily stack my educational and professional credentials against yours any day.
Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP Freelance E-Mail Philosopher Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!T -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Deckler Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 9:51 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Migrating from GroupWise 6.5 What was it then, a compliment? You cannot even be honest in your criticism. And ethics are not passed as laws. There is no law that a company's employees cannot accept gifts. The ethics that lawyers and doctors follow are also not laws. This discussion is about the IT industry, as a whole or in part, deciding what is and is not ethical. We, as an industry, do that, not a legislative body. Look, it is obvious that you are discussing something that you have not bothered educate yourself on, are not being honest in your criticism, have nothing to say and simply want to argue for the sake of arguing. So, that being said, yes, you are brilliant and you win. Happy? > Oh, that was not a personal attack... And I don't lose arguments... > > I tell ya what. You find me the documentation to support your claim > for our industry and I might be inclined to believe you. I'll need > actual laws passed by Federal/Local Governments or a consortium of > some kind AND any cases that were brought to trial on this subject. > Please provide these details in a time stamped format so I can see at > what point in time these laws went into effect... > > There ARE laws on the books regarding this perceived ethical > violation, right? > > Everyone should probably cease assisting you with your Groupwise > migration since it might get those of us who are not MVP's nominated > for such things and it would be unethical of us to assist you. So, > please stop asking for help as the answers we provide will be unethical in nature... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Greg Deckler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 12:34 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Migrating from GroupWise 6.5 > > Personal attacks are generally the clearest sign that someone has lost > an argument and has nothing better to say. So now I am a wife beater, > a liar, I starve children and I get beat up a lot. I keep learning > things about myself that I never knew before, I love this list. > > > You got beat up a lot in High School didn't you... You should have > > asked them (while being beaten to a pulp) to leave you some brain > > cells to operate with... > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Greg Deckler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 12:20 PM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: RE: Migrating from GroupWise 6.5 > > > > Titles are priceless. > > > > Ethics are about avoiding real and *perceived* conflicts of interest. > > If you work in an industry and accept gifts from vendors in that > > industry, it is always going to at least be a perceived conflict of > > interest. Whether it actually is or not is absolutely irrelevant. If > > you own your own business and provide consulting on how to build > > bridges, then no, an MVP title would not be a real or perceived > > conflict > of interest. If you are in IT, it is. > > > > > > > Kindly define "significant gifts such as large dollar items and titles". > > > Where, exactly is your threshold? Let's get down to specifics, Greg. > > > > > > How is it a conflict of interest when it is my job to provide > > > consulting services surrounding Microsoft products? It is not my > > > job, for example, to steer people away from Windows to Linux. > > > > > > Why can one not serve two masters, particularly if the two masters' > > > directions are complementary? Still, your entire point is flawed > > > since neither Microsoft nor the MVP program is my master, and > > > neither ask anything of me, period. (I take that back--they do > > > ask one thing, that we behave in the forums. If you claim that's > > > a conflict of interest, it will further confirm my belief that > > > you've lost it.) The MVP award is a "thank you", if you will, for > > > past service. Not once has anyone directed me to do a single thing. > > > > > > Again, for 11,000,001st time, you have failed to adequately > > > explain how there is any conflict of interest between my being an > > > MVP and what my employer asks me to do. Microsoft gives MVPs a > > > modest non-monetary award for their work doing peer support. It's > > > right there, disclosed in the MVP website, as I told you before. > > > Personally, I provide this peer support service on my own personal > > > time, not my employer's, and of my > > own free will. > > > My employer pays me to perform consulting on Microsoft Exchange, > > > Windows and various other complementary technologies to its customers. > > > Most other MVPs are either consultants or Exchange administrators. > > > We answer technical questions and try to help people with their > > > technical problems. We do not sell Microsoft products. Whatever > > > we say we believe. Where is the conflict of interest, pray tell? > > > > > > I cannot recall ever having been encouraged to evangelize > > > Microsoft's products because I am an MVP. Personally, I don't > > > hesitate to express my opinions about Exchange even if the good > > > folks at Microsoft disagree with me. Many others who have been > > > MVPs longer that I are even > > more forthcoming. > > > Please demonstrate exactly what the conflict of interest is and > > > its insidious result, Mr. Deckler. How, exactly, has the MVP > > > program caused such an ethical dilemma that you must rant and rave over it? > > > Let's get specific, though, because your 50,000-foot view is > > > rather > > unconvincing. > > > > > > For the record, my employer knows I am an MVP, knows that I > > > receive a modest gift of appreciation, and has no problem with > > > this. So my employer, which happens to be a very ethical company, > > > has no problem with > > this arrangement. > > > Why should you? > > > > > > It is mighty judgmental of you to presume that any person is > > > unprofessional solely because he does not adhere to your personal > > standards of ethics. > > > Your opinion implies that because you define there to be a > > > conflict of interest, no reasonable person can decide for himself > > > to the > contrary. > > > That is, you see yourself as the sole arbiter of professional > > > ethics in this field. Clearly you believe that MVPs are > > > unprofessional because they do not adhere to your standards of > > > ethics, even if those standards are undefined and based solely > > > upon your own simplistic idea of standards, your own ignorance, > > > your logical fallacies, and your personal prejudices. As long as > > > you espouse such ridiculous ideas, I will > > call you on them. > > > > > > You've been spewing this bile for eight years and you know you're > > > right because, to paraphrase, nobody has proven you wrong. The > > > real problem is that you haven't convinced anyone other than > > > yourself that > > you're right. > > > You are the one with the opinions. But wait--you say you deal in > > > facts. In an eariler post, you state that it should be obvious > > > that everything you say is your opinion. Which is it, fact or opinion? > > > Well, I will argue that you don't deal in facts, you're all about > > > opinion, so don't go claiming it's all about "known facts". There > > > isn't a single fact in your diatribe except for those that say or > > > imply, "I believe...". I do agree that it's a fact that you > > > believe some > > ridiculous point. > > > > > > People do read what you say in your posts, as opposed to reading > > > what they read. Everyone recognizes that you are speaking with > > > your own voice. It's obvious to all that you really believe what > > > you say and have a firm conviction. That's how they know for > > > certain that you're a > > bag of gas. > > > > > > As to this thread being a waste of bytes, it has been your choice > > > to continue it. It seems hypocritical that you post a complaint > > > that everyone else is wasting their time and bandwidth, when you > > > yourself are guilty of just that by posting such messages. > > > > > > Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP > > > Freelance E-Mail Philosopher > > > Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!T > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode > =&lang > =english > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang =english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
