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Hello Bob - 

>> If you had volunteered this information at the onset I would
>> be more impressed. 

BS> My goal was not then, is not now, nor ever has been to
BS> impress you, Charles. 

You may not be aware of it Bob but it _is_ your goal or you
wouldn't feel the need to add my name to messages that should
not involve me in any way. 

>> If you thought you had a ghost of chance attracting people
>> to an elist hosted on your server for C programming it would
>> already be there and I seriously doubt you would be _here_. 

BS> Fifteen years ago, you might have been right. The reason I
BS> haven't already done this has a lot more to do with age and
BS> inertia than anything else. Ideas are fine, but it takes
BS> work to do them. 

I realize this 'model' seems perfectly logical to you that you
supply the ideas and others do the 'work'. If I had found
Auke's name next to your own at SNIPPETS I might have even
agreed with that model but I didn't find it (recently) and
would be surprised to ever find it anywhere but on the last
page along with others who probably contributed much less than
Auke did. 

BS> Most of the time, it's all I can do to dream up ideas and
BS> answer email. It's the same reason there hasn't been a
BS> major SNIPPETS update since two years after my first major
BS> heart problems. 

I am truly sorry to hear that you are having those problems
and I understand the fears that suddenly there is not
enough time to complete what you had intended to do with your
life. We all would like to be remembered for the good that we
have done (or attempted to do) but we can also destroy all of
that by becoming anxious and unreasonable with those who are
_not_ as pressed for time as we might think we are. 

In the trades that fashioned me into the person that I am now
it would be considered wise at this point to find younger men
to train and complete what you have begun or to accept the fact
that it will fade away as have many other good ideas left
unfinished. 

>> A bit like "Beware of Trojans bearing gifts" from my point
>> of view. 

BS> Answer 1: Yeah, that sounds like your point of view. 

"Beware" is not an overly aggressive philosophy IMO, it's just
avoiding feeling used when all is said and done. 

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