> -----Original Message----- > From: Peter B. West [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Andreas L. Delmelle wrote: > > > > Peter / Nikolai, > > > > I think I should be the one to apologize here, as Nikolai seems > > to have been offended by one of *my* unreflected shoots from the hip ... > <snip /> > Andreas, > > Thanks for these comments. Glen has pointed out to me, off-list, the > same thing. As I was the one who mentioned Glen by name (as neither > Bertrand nor Jeremias did) I must acknowledge that leaving the 2nd-level > quotes from you in my reply to Nikolai gave completely the wrong > impression. I owe Glen an apology for shooting from the hip. >
The thing bothering me was that I received Nikolai's response, then my connection dropped, so I couldn't respond immediately... In any case, I'm glad so many team-members decided to jump in, and expressed their desire for public apologies. I'm not the kind of person who feels he's too good to apologize when he crossed a line. Reconsidering my response, I must admit that I probably went one (at least one) step too far. (To think that the remark in question was inserted by me right before sending it.) Of course, I can understand Nikolai's reacting in this way. As RX project-leader, he obviously 'cares' about his project. Same goes for me, however... I'm a FOP-guy, not? If I were working at RX, chances are you'd catch me uttering a few similar remarks on the FOP-team (--but hey, boys will be boys!) So, Nikolai, again my apologies. It was never the intention to create the appearance that RX was in bad financial papers (--how the heck would I know anyway?), nor that any of their collaborators had questionable motives. I do hope, with Peter and many others, that you reconsider your decision to unsubscribe from fop-dev. Cheers, Andreas
