I think the moral is: Don't send messages to the list that should be sent
directly to the person involved!!! None of the 1200 or so of the rest of us
needed to see any of this.
- Eric.
somewhere near the temporal coordinates of 12/12/01 6:21 PM, the entity
known as Filmer, Paul E. transmitted the following from pfilmer_at_nsf.gov:
>
> Mike Kennard is not Mike Lee!
>
> Ric, you goofed! Check carefully before flaming!
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Michael Kennard [SMTP:michael_at_reef.com]
>>
>> I don't know what started this, I was selling an emate which was
>> basically brand new to someone on the list. When I purchased it last
>> year from NewtonOZ, they were supposed to be emates that apple were
>> clearing off so I purchased 2, one for a friend. He didn't want it and I
>> never bothered to try and sell it till now.
>>
>> Anyway it came with a cd-r of the software. I didn't question it because
>> I thought, hey, I have a 2100 and the cd had everything I needed. That's
>> all, I didn't think twice about it. I don't need to read email about
>> this without someone asking first.
>>
>> I'm extremely happy with my newt and so is a close friend of mine, I
>> could save myself quite a few emails a day if I got off this list.
>> Actually only about half of the mails if lucky seem to be related to the
>> newt these days.
>>
>> I've had my say and am disappointed by this reaction with being asked
>> first about it off the list. It's almost rude to assume and lucky I
>> don't have a business, I'm just one of those really happy newton users
>> who would like a replacement soon, the gaffer tape is just hanging in
>> there but I still get oohs and ahhs when I use it. It has my life in it.
>>
>> Michael
>> (The unhappy Australian with a slow start to the day now)
>>
>> On Thursday, December 13, 2001, at 09:22 AM, mr monk wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> mike,
>>>
>>>
>>> i understand that you have refused to provide software for a newton
>>> user
>>> because the hardware purchased was three years old. unless this policy
>>> is
>>> something that was explicity stated at the time of purchase, i think
>>> it a
>>> foolish way to do business. as a small business owner myself, i think
>>> that
>>> it is a questionable business practice.
>>>
>>> sincerely,
>>>
>>>
>>> ric hordinski
>>
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