> Gee wizz... So terrible that we blocked some mail because of a > mistake.
No, it's not terrible at all! In fact, it's wonderful--"endearing" was the word I used, which is quite counter to "terrible." I never suggested AT ALL that this was an ongoing catastrophe. However, the position had been taken that AOL is too smart to make mistakes. I countered with proof to the contrary: an extremely recent example (from this very week) of a giant blunder that came from a policy that wasn't well thought-out (I don't buy that "hacker wacker" implementation issue line, but only someone up high at your employer knows for sure). This shows that AOL does recalculate based on market reaction. Good for them/you for not being infallible and being stupid sometimes. I'm much more amenable to that way of doing business that the always-cunning, always-stealthy reputation that AOL has earned from many other incidents. Josh, do you have any skepticism about your employer at all, or are you going to continue to press only on how hard it is to run a giant company? I know it's tough, you're framed by your previous success, mo' money, mo' traffic, etc. This is not something you need to remind us of. Ever see investment advice aimed at high-net-worth individuals: "We know it's difficult to deal with your wealth." I believe such people feel what is for them genuine anguish at managing and maintaining their place in the elite. I don't empathize or sympathize, but I don't deny that *they* feel oppressed by success and take actions that are self-protective. That doesn't mean that an outsider can not bring to bear a knowledge of the non-elite world and how it is affected by those actions. -Sandy ------------------------------------ Sanford Whiteman, Chief Technologist Broadleaf Systems, a division of Cypress Integrated Systems, Inc. e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
