hey - steve has 1657 pretty faithful people logging in each day to read his column and enjoying it too. What more does he want? seriously - I agree that people are not clicking " reply to author " as often. Anil -----Original Message----- From: Stephen R. Gregory <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thursday, August 26, 1999 8:07 AM Subject: [TN] Hey! Whatsa' matter with ya'll? >(Preparing soap-box...'scuse me...) > >'Kay...here I am again, climbing up on the ol' soapbox... > >My math is better now, and the last time I checked, there's 1,657 of us. I >figure with that many of us, there should be a lot more input than what I see >there is...(right?) > >Are we all that secretive? I think we all understand proprietary information, >but a lot of the information that I've seen asked about things isn't "top >secret". I thought that this list was to help each other concerning our >industry. Many of us don't have the expertise in certain facets about things >that many of the rest of you do. I see many responses from Paul, Graham, >Joyce, Hans, Kelly, Rudy, and even Werner (who makes his living consulting!) >than I see from the other 1,500 or so members of this list...(my math is >getting better, huh? hehehe...) > >I think all of us who are NET literate, know about "Lurking"...and I see a >lot of that going on in this list. The more input there is from everybody, >the more valuable it is to all of us. All I'm saying, is participate! No >matter how much you might think your opinion is not relevant, it is! Heck, >you might even learn something! After all, we're all in this together! Ain't >we? > >You don't have to give away any "secrets" (we'll all find out about them >eventually anyway, that's the way things work, right?) but just participate! >PLEASE! > >(I'm offa' my soapbox now and ready for the flames...) > >-Steve Gregory- > >############################################################## >TechNet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c >############################################################## >To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in >the body: >To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TECHNET <your full name> >To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TECHNET >############################################################## >Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional >information. >If you need assistance - contact Gayatri Sardeshpande at [log in to unmask] or >847-509-9700 ext.5365 >############################################################## > ############################################################## TechNet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ############################################################## To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TECHNET <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TECHNET ############################################################## Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information. If you need assistance - contact Gayatri Sardeshpande at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5365 ##############################################################