[NTLK] [ANN] Patch 71J059 - Year 2010 Fix

[Woo]

Mr. Wages, as others have stated, 'venting' on the internet can produce mixed feelings and responses.

I have re-read your original post.  

Your misunderstanding of the problem and the current viable solution might be the reason for the negative responses towards you.

Your 'intent' was out of context, but your context was ambiguous and did approach blaming the Y2010 patch and the writer.  
No where in the original context did you mention/blame the original apple newton software development group.

You're right, freely exchanging thoughts and ideas without restraint would be an ideal environment, but no member is perfect and no environment is ideal.

Woo.

-----Original Message-----
>From: James Wages <james at kiramek.com>
>Sent: Jan 31, 2010 5:08 PM
>To: newtontalk at newtontalk.net
>Subject: Re: [NTLK] [ANN] Patch 71J059 - Year 2010 Fix

>The rest of my venting was at the bug itself, not any person.  Those of you
>who know me should know this.  Those of you who don't now know it.
>
>Again, I was not directing
>hatred toward anyone, nor am I directed hatred toward anyone now.  I have
>spoken about "brotherly love" on this list before, but clearly some of you
>do not recall that.  Again, I was merely frustrated with a bug, folks; and
>yes that problem is indeed small in comparison with the Newton not working
>at all.  But when I composed my previous post, I didn't think it a sin to
>merely mention it, along with my own personal frustrations over it.
>
>Now that it matters at this point, I nevertheless must state for the record
>that I did offer my thanks "...to the brilliant mind that put this together"
>when I posted my success in applying the patch, on December 23rd.  Had my
>recent post (made several hours ago) been a personal attack against any one
>person on this list, I would have said something along the lines of "silly
>so-and-so, his work is meaningless."  But I did not.  Nor did my previous
>post even imply that.  I did not retract the words of praise I gave to Mr.
>Eckhart Koeppen last December.  I continue to stand by those words today.
>But you misread my words if you think that I somehow did an about-face and
>condemned the very author of a patch that has led to the Newton's
>"salvation."  And it is so sad that I have to write all this in the first
>place, as this should be a place where we all can freely exchange thoughts
>and ideas without worry of fiery retribution.
>
>Again, I am tremendously disheartened with this list in that a couple of you
>could even think such horrible things of me based upon one single post.
>
>--James Wages
>
>
>
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