Dear Anonymous Poster, Some of us ARE academics ... please don't think that IT people in academics wouldn't be using this product or subscribed to this list. The product and information presented in this list are useful to us too.
John Richardson At 07:14 AM 3/13/2002, you wrote: >I'm sorry, but I just don't buy in to the current "academic" argument over >the X1 stuff. > >Consensus says it isn't causing a problem now, and there is only a >theoretical potential. > >Well, we are all business people, not acamdemics, right? Let's get back to >our pragmatic issues of fixing real problems/bugs, solving real customer >needs, and today's issues - not arguing over vacuous "what if's". > >If the "X1" problem became real, and tons of e-mail starting getting >blocked, it would have to be fixed. So, why cry now unnecessarily? > >Is IMAIL really 100% bug free and perfect day-to-day that the only thing >to worry about are paper tiger RFC issues? > >I think not! > >Having been a developer, a marketer, and now an entreprenuer/ISP operator, >I have seen all sides of the fence. I bet a lot of people on this list >have been in a "bug/feature fix prioritization meeting" where hundreds of >potential development actions must be categorizated and the top xx% chosen >to work on for the next nn months. > >Do you really think fixing a non-issue (in terms of actually effect today) >that also apparently has disagreement even on its interpretation, is going >to get priority over real issues or real revenue opportunities? > >Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html >to be removed from this list. > >An Archive of this list is available at: >http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > >Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked >questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ ================================== John E. Richardson Instructional Systems Technician, Postmaster Washington State Community College 710 Colegate Drive Marietta, OH 45750 Phone: (740) 374-8716, EXT 619 Fax: (740) 373-7496 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.wscc.edu ================================== Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
