Evaluating opinions

[Scott Walker]

Ray,

This arguing has been going on for many years now.  I doubt if it's
going to change.   Your only choice is to do what I do....don't read it.
It's sooooooooo stupid and it makes everyone who engages in it, for
whatever their reason might be, seem so childish.   

Scott Walker
RAM Systems Corp.
PO Box 1778
Davidson, NC 28036
Ph: (704) 896-6549
Fx: (704) 896-7458
Email:  scottw1 at alltel.net 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com 
> [mailto:filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com] On Behalf 
> Of Ray Scheel
> Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 4:26 PM
> To: 'filePro mailing list'
> Subject: RE: Evaluating opinions
> 
> 
> 
> Would it be possible to set up a separate list called 
> flame-fpusers at lists.celestial.com so this list could at least 
> maintain an illusion of being about *professional* issues 
> encountered by filePro users and developers?  
> 
> I can vouch that the conduct I see here on a regular basis 
> has led several fP developers I know to only subscribe to the 
> list long enough to get a question answered before 
> unsubscribing again in an effort to avoid having to sift 
> through the weekly "let's flame each other" threads, and over 
> the past few weeks I've noticed an increase in the number of 
> threads that drift into playground arguments to the point I'm 
> about ready to do the same thing.  
> 
> Likewise, if someone is subscribing to evaluate the 
> credibility of fP's claims as being a credible contender in 
> today's IT world, the exchanges that flare up here on a 
> weekly basis would almost certainly scare them off.  How many 
> of you would invest in a new-to-you technology who's main end 
> users spent about 1/4 of their time calling each other names 
> and trying to one-up each other?
> 
> Frankly, I can't see how people who are heavily tied to fP as 
> their primary means of financial support find it productive 
> to regularly nitpick and flame each other over clear and 
> long-standing issues that are holding this platform back.  
> About the only regular poster to this list with a reason to 
> take personal offense to a criticism of fP's features is Ken, 
> yet AFAICT, he never starts the flame sessions.  
> 
> I've still got many years of maintaining fP applications 
> ahead of me, and this is one of the few resources available 
> (and the only place to get a quick suggestion for workarounds 
> to the outstanding problems and weird behaviors).  I've 
> unsubbed before to avoid this during a time where I worked 
> with fP less than I have been lately, but I'm about ready to 
> again even though an answer I got here recently saved me 
> another day of frustration and I frequently read things that 
> clarify points I've long been confused about.
> 
> Ray Scheel               ray.scheel at wsdtx.org 
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