Hello Roy.

11 Dec 06 10:19, you wrote to me:

 RW> 09 Dec 06 16:45, Jeff Smith wrote to Roy Witt:

 JS>>>>      After your announcement of the crash. I was amazed at how
 JS>>>> soon a number of people wanted to restructure echo
 JS>>>> distributions, setup temporary Z2 nodelist processing and even
 JS>>>> setup a temporay Z2C.
 RW>>> Too bad they didn't succeed before he got it fixed.
 JS>>      Would not the chaos that resulted have been worse?

 RW> For a few days. Once it's settled out, they can move on without the
 RW> dictator.

 JS>>>> If it had been possible I was temped to speak up and say come
 JS>>>> on people... give the guy a chance.
 RW>>> Why? He wouldn't do the same for you.

 JS>>      Oh... I think he would. Regardless of whether I like
 JS>> someone's atitude or POV. If they are real need I can set aside
 JS>> my personal POV and offer a helping hand. I would like to think
 JS>> that Ward would do the same.

 RW> Doubtful.


     Maybe, but I would like to think that anything is possible.


 JS>>>> I also agreed with Michiel in that making sudden and drastic
 JS>>>> changes in a knee jerk reaction to something that can and will
 JS>>>> be worked out in a matter of days

 RW>>> You should have seen how quickly Michiel jumped into the HAM
 RW>>> echo and attempted to take it over as moderator when my system
 RW>>> went down and I had no means to get it back online until the
 RW>>> utility company put the power lines back up after a California
 RW>>> brush fire near my home. Fortunately, there were people here who
 RW>>> knew who the echo moderator was and didn't allow him to move
 RW>>> right in and make himself at home.

 JS>>      There are a number of things and POV's that I dislike about
 JS>> Michiel. But that doesn't mean that I am unwilling to say that I
 JS>> agree with him when I think he is right.

 RW> What it does is point out that anyone can be childish at times.
 RW> Michiel isn't above that, given the opportunity.

     Absolutely. We all have our less than shining moments. Sadly some
seem to have more than their fair share sometimes though. 


 JS>>>> was not the best way to deal with the situation. It would have
 JS>>>> been real easy to have made the situation much worse. That is
 JS>>>> of course just MHO.

 RW>>> Yes, a naive one for sure.

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