Dave Kopischke wrote in reply to John Gilmore > >On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:27:06 +0000, john gilmore wrote: > > > >>Peter Hunkeler has suggested that I have been exhibiting too much (and > >>growing) impatience here, and I must agree. Good luck to all of you. > >> > >>John Gilmore > >>Ashland, MA 01721-1817 > >>USA > >> > > One of the many strengths of this forum is the diversity of > interests and experiences. We are collectively diminished when > we experience a loss of participation. > > Fare thee well Sire Gilmore >
Well put, Dave, total agreement on my part. Honestly I was even looking forward to John Gilmore's posts. Each and every time. Quite often motivated me to look up one or more of the words he uses with Seymour-esque precision. And quite often I failed to find their meaning even by doing a google search. I don't mind him displaying his outstanding education and knowledge. Same as I don't mind Shmuel Metz displaying pedantry (especially since he once described the envy he felt when seeing someone drive along with a 'PEDANT' car plate IIRC) plus his sharp humor and irritatingly precise memory and education. As I don't know neither John nor Seymour personally I tend to perceive their IBM-MAIN representation like characters in a play. "Ah, here comes Sire Gilmore (again: well put, Dave) answering in his very own style". The fact that I do not know a lot of things won't stop me from posting (though I'm mostly lurking). I've been exposed to only a small subset of possible product/configuration combinations in the mainframe universe so even if I think that I do know an answer to a question or that I do ask a question in appropriate terms, I do know that I may well be wrong and that I will be corrected. Sometimes (most of the time) in a gentle tone, sometimes (seldom) in a harsher tone, sometimes (very seldom) in a condescending tone. The ease with which I accept an answer even if the tone doesn't seem fit is directly proportional to the respect these people have built with their contributions over the years. Makes me always read their posts as if they had surrounded them with a "clin d'oeil" (sorry for the french here but I didn't find an adequate english term for the ;-) ). Robert Bardos ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
