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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 
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> Subject: Re: RENT binder option - note of thanks!
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> To paraphrase Juvenal, "sed quis custodit ipsos custodes?" ("but who guards 
> the guards themselves?")
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> 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
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