RE: Linus/ESR hype (was RE: Changed to: Interactive Tax)

[James Rich <james@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

jt,
        I apologize for making inflammatory comments.  I will take my own
advice and think before I type.

On Fri, 28 Dec 2001, jt wrote:

> | Please think before you speak.
>
> Let me disabuse of a mistaken impression you have...  I *always* think
> before I speak...
>
>
> | Please don't vilify people you don't know.  You are incredibly rude and
> | offensive.  Your comments are not true and are unfair.  Please think
> | before you type.
>
> And you know me...?!?
>
>
>
> Let me make one thing PERFECTLY CLEAR...  I'm not saying anything that I
> wouldn't say to ESR or Linus...  You have no idea how long I've thought
> through this, to make d*mn sure I wouldn't make a comment here that I
> wouldn't make to them...

> But you don't get it, James...  Sorry, to say this.. but you just DON'T.

> BTW, it is difficult to impart things in writing...  If I've vilified YOU,
> in any way, James...  Then I haven't written this well.  I don't agree with
> most of your positions here, but I hope I haven't come across as vilifying
> you, because I wouldn't do that, unless I thought you needed vilified.
> (Can't imagine what circumstance that would be, either.)

James Rich
james@eaerich.com