RE: Response Draft 2

2001-07-20 Thread Iain Huxley
Plus, another [really] minor point - I'd say skip the last paragraph... they can't expect a response that quickly anyway, and it slightly undermines the letter's professional tone. > > > I will be away on vacation next week and will not be able to > > > respond to > > > J.D. Edwards' response to

RE: Response Draft 2

2001-07-20 Thread Iain Huxley
Oops, sent my email half-baked, by mistake... The second thing was just a minor suggestion of a tweak of: > In the four-and-half years that I have used JDE, I have > received thousands > of communications regarding my package. Yours is the first to > mention J.D. > Edwards. This plus the fact

RE: Response Draft 2

2001-07-20 Thread Iain Huxley
Hi Paul -- I think the 2nd draft is great; a minor suggestion, tho, is to reorder this sentence to emphasize the somewhat restricted scope of JDE's meaning within the emacs community etc: From: > On the other hand, the acronym JDE has become synonymous over the last > four-and-a-half years wit

RE: Response Draft 2

2001-07-20 Thread David Hay
I don't have any comments on the letter, but another thought did come to me...I wonder how many employees at JD Edwards actually use JDE in their everyday work ;) David -Original Message- From: Mark Collins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 11:02 AM To: [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: Response Draft 2

2001-07-20 Thread Mark Collins
I think this draft is much better and I would agree with the the other comments posted on the additional minor changes. I would like to strongly support the suggestion that this letter needs to go not just to the lawyer(s), but to the CEO, CIO, and CTO of JDEdwards. You are appealling to the com

Re: Response Draft 2

2001-07-20 Thread abrandes
Hi Paul, Just writing to express my appreciation for the work you have done on the JDE. I think this draft is much stronger, and is a good response. I am also willing to contribute to a legal/trademark fund should that be necessary. [ I would incorporate 2 of the minor suggestions, changing T

(Off Topic) RE: Response Draft 2

2001-07-20 Thread Heemskerk, Marcel
Never knew I could improve my english writing by joining the JDE mailing list :) But anyway, good luck Paul and I'll keep my fingers crossed too. - Marcel > -Original Message- > From: Mark Abrams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 3:51 PM > To: Paul Kinnucan > Cc

Re: Response Draft 2

2001-07-20 Thread Mark Abrams
All said IMHO. Paul Kinnucan wrote: > Hi all, > > Here is an extensively revised draft of my response to J.D. Edwards that > incorporates many of your excellent suggetions. > > I cannot tell you how much I appreciate and rely on your advice and > expressions of support. > > Regards, > > Paul > >

Re: Renaming Proposal

2001-07-20 Thread Mark Abrams
Paul Kinnucan wrote: > At 02:42 PM 7/18/2001 -0700, Iain Huxley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I'm sure you're sick of naming comments etc. by now, and it may be too late, > >but: > > > >In some ways using the word "mode" understates what JDE can do for you - it > >makes it seem like just some f

Re: Response Draft 2

2001-07-20 Thread andriamasinoro fenintsoa
> Does this go out to JDEdwards or their lawyers? I think that it should go out > to both parties and you should CC the CEO/CTO/CIO of JDEdwards... > May be there is already a spy of the JDEdwards company in this mailing to follow the situation. If so, let him/her know that the discussion is jus

Error when initially loading Java source.

2001-07-20 Thread Jeff Rancier
Hello, When I first visit a Java file, the *Messages* log looks like this: Loading h:/cvsdev/user/jrancier/lookupgenerator/prj.el (source)... Loading h:/cvsdev/user/jrancier/lookupgenerator/prj.el (source)...done File mode specification error: (void-function nil) Fontifying LookupGeneratorAction

Re: Response Draft 2

2001-07-20 Thread jason . stell
Minor nitpick for clarification: Para 4: I therefore respectfully request that you not contest my right to use the acronym JDE further. By so doing, J.D. Edwards would show the Emacs and Open Source communities that J.D. Edwards is a good corporate citizen. Consider rewording to I therefore

Re: jde-ant

2001-07-20 Thread jason . stell
Douglas What if, instead of using the custom string variable jde-ant-program, a new custom variable jde-ant-invocation-style is a choice between invoking a specific script or invoking a function that generates the appropriate Ant command. Perhaps something like: Jde Ant Invocation Style: [Hi

Re: Draft Response

2001-07-20 Thread Ross Ashley
Pierre GASTON wrote: > IMHO the problem is not that JDE product is associate or not with JDEdwards > but that when you search for JDE in google for instance you take 30 url related > to JDE (and 10 other JDEs among them "journal des enfants") before > finding a link related to JDEdwards. > my

Re: Response Draft 2

2001-07-20 Thread burtonator
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Paul Kinnucan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I cannot tell you how much I appreciate and rely on your advice and > expressions of support. Dealing with lawyers is IMO one of the worst thing a Software Engineer/Hacker has to do. We would all HATE