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>And how do you feel about the volume of >non-technical postings on this list? I think there are _way_ too many non-technical postings on this list... If another list were created to hold all the shoot-the-breeze stuff, I could spend less time deleting postings from this list. Charly ---------------------------- Sanders Sauls for President! For their next act, they'll no doubt be buying a firewall running under NT, which makes about as much sense as building a prison out of meringue. -- Tanuki Charly Jones 253 851-9876 Gig Harbor Washington --------------------- DISCLAIMER Any opinions expressed in this email are those of the individual and not necessarily the company. This email and any files transmitted with it, including replies and forwarded copies (which may contain alterations) subsequently transmitted from the Company, are confidential and solely for the use of the intended recipient. It may contain material protected by attorney-client privilige. If you are not the intended recipient or the person responsible for delivering to the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use is strictly prohibited. >From: "John Earl" <johnearl@powertechgroup.com> >Reply-To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com >To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com> >Subject: Re: Midrange expertise on non-midrange stuff >Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 07:38:17 -0700 > > > We really need an informal shoot-the-breeze list. Initially, I also >thought > > that the new list was going to fulfill that role, and then it became > > apparent that the list is restricted to iNation related topics. In >my > > opinion, it's not going to see much traffic. We need a general >topics list - > > not an iNation list. > > > > > > John Taylor > > >I have to agree with John Taylor on this. An informal, >shoot-the-breeze list would be of great benefit to those that have the >time to pontificate endlessly on the means and motives of corporations >and officers (IBM and otherwise), as well as a boon to those of us who >do not have the time to weed through those posts. > >I just moved about 400+ unread emails to the "delete" folder - with >topics such as "iNation", "AS400", "Midrange Computing...", "IBM >getting rid of RPG", "iGreen...", "No Java in widows XP", "My XP got >broke in a hailstorm", "The Future of Computing", and "Resignation >from International Alliance.." etc. The sad part is that while there >may have been good technical nuggets in a few of these threads, once a >thread reaches the 15 email point, the signal to noise ratio tends to >head right into the crapper, and I don't have the inclination to try >to fish >out the valuable nuggets. > >This list is a great technical resource, but there are many who >participate because they value the sense of community this list >fosters. Let's give those people a place to go - a shoot-the-breeze >would be invaluable. > >JMHO, > >jte > >PS. And just for fun and irony, review the thread about Midrange >Computing printing too many non-technical articles. Did you agree >with the postings? And how do you feel about the volume of >non-technical postings on this list? > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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