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  • Subject: Re: Midrange expertise on non-midrange stuff
  • From: Don <dr2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 16:08:29 -0400 (EDT)



Tom,

So don't sub to it...it gives people that nothign better to do than
pontificate a forum to do so and keeps their drivel out of my inbox...

Don in DC

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On 2 Aug 2001 thomas@inorbit.com wrote:

> First, I've become mostly glad of the "iSeries...", "Windows XP...", 
>"Microsoft JAVA...", etc., etc., threads. I can do mass deletes and pare the 
>list messages way down. Very handy, since most posts in those have little 
>value. Saves a LOT of time.
> 
> But the idea of a general shoot-the-breeze list seems pointless. We've had 
>those for years. Just look up "UseNet" for info.
> 
> Tom Liotta
> 
> On Thu, 02 August 2001, "John Earl" wrote:
> 
> > 
> > > 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.
> 
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