Better late than never! This Thread is closed. Start a new thread if you want to discuss either platforms further and keep it civil. Offline discussions with the various parties of this thread have taken place and concerns have been voiced.
Rick Harnish President Supernova Technologies, Inc. 260-827-2482 Founding Member of WISPA -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Scrivner Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 3:46 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Routerboard 532 and NStreme2 Thank you Matt. I am glad you took this one. I would have said the exact same things you did if I was that good with words. I absolutely agree with everything you said here. :-) Scriv Matt Larsen - Lists wrote: > Calm down kids!! > > First of all to JohnnyO - you need to spend a lot more time practicing > some self-control. Instead of digging into Lonnie, why not just make > a request to change the name of the thread. FWIW, Lonnie did NOT > hijack this thread - others who were testing WAR boards out brought up > their experiences with it and testing and Lonnie responded. That is > entirely appropriate. There would not be a response like George's if > you didn't have a history of pissing people off on this and other > lists. What George said is true - there are companies and other WISPs > that won't subscribe to a list of you are on it. I'm not going to go > into details here, but you are welcome to hit me up offlist if you > want a breakdown. Also it is not George's responsibility to manage > posts and subject lines, so it is not fair to dig into him about list > management. > > Second, to George. I appreciate your desire to maintain decorum on > the lists, but I think it would have been more appropriate to respond > to JohnnyO offlist. I don't think this was a situation of bigotry, > just a slightly misunderstood bit of joking around between a couple of > people who are a little bit sensitive toward ribbing coming from each > other. Not a big deal at all. > > Finally, to everyone... > > I am very happy to see that we have built up a nice community on the > WISPA lists, and I hope we continue to build that sense of > community. I am all for a little bit of spice and it is good to see > some legitimate, real world experience and testing get exchanged > between the members. Of all the lists I'm on, this is now the most > useful one to me by FAR, and that is not something that happened > overnight. It has taken some time and unfortunately we do still have > to try to put people in their place when things get a little too out > of hand, but overall I think that we have done a very good job of > maintaining the balance between total control and anarchy. > Peace out, > > Matt Larsen > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > JohnnyO wrote: > >> George - can you tell me if calling me a bigot is a slam ? IF it is, >> then you fall under the same category. >> I guess it's ok for a vendor to hijack threads to promote his own stuff >> ? The thread was about the Routerboard 532As and Mikrotik. This is my >> opinion and I will post my opinions. I guess you think it's ok for you >> to practice DICTATORSHIP ? >> I was not interested in reading posts labled Routerboard 532 and Star-OS >> crap. If I were interested in Star-OS crap instead of Mikrotik, then I >> would look for posts labled Star-OS ! >> Maybe you should put more time into managing the posts and subject lines >> of the threads. >> >> I do have an opinion and am a paying member. >> >> Which vendors are you talking about ? Which WISPs ? Don't throw out >> bullcrap unless you're willing to provide the proof. >> >> I banter/kid/joke with the Canadians and have for several years and will >> continue to do so. I have slammed vendors on Part-15s lists and also >> Judd's list who have proved to me to be substandard in customer service >> or product quality, but I can't recall the last time I "slammed" a >> vendor on WISPA. >> >> JohnnyO >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >> Behalf Of George Rogato >> Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 12:50 PM >> To: WISPA General List >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Routerboard 532 and NStreme2 >> >> >> >> >>> *****Lonnie is famous for hijacking threads to promote his products. >>> We shouldn't punish him for it because after all, he is canadian ! :)~ >>> >>> JohnnyO >>> >> >> >> Johnny.. Where do you come from that you think it is ok to practice >> Bigotry. >> >> On this list, it is not ok to be a bigot. >> >> >> We have had numerous people complain about your slams. Some are >> vendors who have said they will not contribute financially and others >> were wisps >> >> who will not subscribe to a list that your on. >> >> I am going to ask the board to consider removing your posting >> privileges. >> >> >> George >> >> > > -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
