+1 On 07/09/2021 22:53, Mike Hochee wrote: > My intent was definitely not offend anyone with my last post, and if I did > so, apologies extended. > > I view IBM-MAIN as an extremely valuable technical resource. When I perceive > it being used as a vehicle for one-upmanship it is frustrating, hence my > strong language. I will try to watch that in any future posts. > > Mike > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of CM Poncelet > Sent: Tuesday, September 7, 2021 12:50 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: RENT binder option - note of thanks! > > Caution! This message was sent from outside your organization. > > To paraphrase Juvenal, "sed quis custodit ipsos custodes?" ("but who guards > the guards themselves?") > > On 06/09/2021 21:15, Mike Hochee wrote: >> Just a word of thanks to the IBM heavyweights (Jim, Peter, Sri, et. al.) to >> whom a debt of gratitude is owed for their deep-water expertise, patience, >> and willingness to share knowledge when they undoubtedly have many other >> things to work on. >> >> I suspect there are many subscriber motivations for posting on this forum, >> some obvious and simple: wrestling with a problem for days and pulling hair >> out, making known a potentially serious 'gotcha', or 'Hey, that happened to >> me!' and therefore sharing the love. There are undoubtedly other motivations >> for posting that are not so obvious, and disappointingly some of these often >> muddy the waters and result in very large waste-of-time threads for the vast >> majority of subscribers, but might however serve to satisfy the personal and >> non-technical needs of a few folks. >> >> Charles' suggestion of a 'Like' button hit the nail on the head. A mechanism >> for informing personally needy folks that they are no longer enlightening, >> but instead engaging in an unwelcome behavior. Yes, they did play well with >> others for a while, but eventually felt a compelling need to make love to >> their egos in a public forum, a forum designed to assist folks with deeper >> technical issues. >> >> The downside is often evidenced by a dozens of emails rather than 5 or 10. >> A much more serious downside is that the patience of our excellent IBM >> resources might eventually wear thin, I know mine would. >> >> HTH, >> Mike >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send >> email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN . >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
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