From: Bob Stout 

On 9 Nov 2003 Charles.Angelich!1.106.2000.0{at}filegate.net wrote:

> RBS> 2. If I were feeling spiteful toward you, I'd simply enter
> RBS> your name into the mailing list software as someone not to
> RBS> allow to post. Even when I'm feeling spiteful, I'm still
> RBS> lazy enough not to do anything which requires extra work.
> RBS> Besides, it doesn't count as spite since, AFAIK, you'd be
> RBS> just as happy remaining isolated on the Fido side of the
> RBS> gateway, with no access to the Internet side of things.
>
> Well that explains your lack of motivation since I would be "just as
> happy". Something of the old bre'r rabbit and the briar patch.

I could still do it if you wanted me to, but it would serve little purpose.
All it would accomplish is that your posts wouldn't show up on the mailing
list. The gateway would still work in the other direction so you'd still
see email gated from the mailing list to the C_Echo. Seems kinda pointless
to me...

> RBS> Hardly a "cheap shot". Your views are not meaningless, and
> RBS> should be given equal weight as any other Fido members.
> RBS> However, the ultimate decision responsibility rests with
> RBS> the Fido C_Echo moderator. Once he's heard your views and
> RBS> those of the other Fido members, he should (and did) act as
> RBS> he thought best. I was no part of the decision process
> RBS> other than to offer an alternative to the Yahoo groups
> RBS> gateway which was unreliable and carried ads.
>
> Gun merchants use similar logic that they only offer the guns for sale
> they don't pull any triggers. ;-)

The situations are hardly comparable - this is a legal activity which
results in no loss of life.

> RBS> And, since you chose to make our personal email public (a
> RBS> significant breach of nettiquette, but I'm OK with it),
>
> Sorry, if you want me to remain silent all you have to do is say "this
> is between us" or "for your eyes only" or "keepa
you big mouth shut!". I
> can't check as I seem to have deleted the email but if you _did_ say any
> of the above please accept my apologies and my excuse that I am getting
> old and forgetful.

As I said, I'm OK with it.

> RBS> offered you the job of moderating the DOS group primarily
> RBS> because of your obvious expertise, but also as a way of
> RBS> burying the hatchet from our previous encounters. You
> RBS> declined and I respect that decision,
>
> Wait a minute now. I declined the moderation of the DOS group but did
> not decline the bury the hatchet part.

To me, burying the hatchet is a unilateral activity unless explicitly
rebuffed. I therefore consider it buried.

> I really thought you had said that you were still actively doing
> embedded DOS software and because of that I thought that you should have
> the DOS group? Did I miss something along the way?

Although only the C and C++ mailing lists are currently live and accepting
new members, I have other groups for both DOS and embedded work. I'd like
to moderate the embedded group, but I'd be just as happy for someone with
your level of expertise and experience to moderate the DOS group.

Yes, I still do embedded DOS from time to time, but at any give time, I'm
much more likely to be working with something else. Currently, I writing
firmware for a downhole directional drilling tool that uses a Motorola
68332 without any proper OS. (I have modified it to give it some of the
formal objects and services normally supplied by an OS, though.)

> If you start up an OBERON group I won't moderate that either but I would
> have lots of opinions. :-)

I'll keep that in mind...

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