From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: angus@fairhaven.za.net (Angus Robinson) Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2017 01:29:47 +0000 Subject: [TUHS] how do I unsubscribe In-Reply-To: References: <7df6ad03-4aa7-fb95-636f-0ac414e4830d@solar.stanford.edu> <20171207004125.GB27244@mcvoy.com> Message-ID: Hi Deborah I remember a time like that, although this was the early 2000's. I joined a group of students at the local university. I must admit, Although the students where abit arrogant, I learned alot not only from them but from the staff that worked at the Computer Science department. I also learnt that an old family friend helped start the Internet in South Africa. From that, I learnt alot about history and to think outside of the box, with what they "Jimmy Rigged" to save bandwidth in the early days. I have been this mailing list for years and like then, I have learnt alot. Not only about history but the basis for the technology we have now. Unlike the students, it's extremely rare that egos come in to play. I think this is the first. Granted I only read about 80% of the list due to time. If I may be so bold and to ask you to to maybe remain a subscriber to the list. As Larry has pointed out it would be a shame to have somebody with knowledge depart due to a rare occurrence. On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 4:55 PM Deborah Scherrer < dscherrer at solar.stanford.edu> wrote: > In the "good old days" of Unix, the community succeeded because we all > shared and treated each other with respect. Each listened to the > other. Sure, there were disagreements about technical issues, as well > there should have been, but they were rarely made personal. That's what > made that community great. I liked those times, and loved the people in > them. What happened to lose those aspects? I don't think I want to > be part of the new community where egos seem to run rampant... > > Deborah > > On 12/6/17 4:41 PM, Larry McVoy wrote: > > Deborah, > > > > I'm pretty sure I know the conversation (and I don't believe I was a > > part of it, just read it) and I'm 100% sure nobody intended to be > > rude, they were just trying to get at an accurate history of what > > happened. > > > > I can see how you could take offense but I don't think any was intended > > and it would be a loss if you left. Please reconsider. > > > > --lm > > > > On Wed, Dec 06, 2017 at 04:39:03PM -0800, Deborah Scherrer wrote: > >> Could someone please tell me how to get off this list? I was rather > >> appalled at the rudeness in the previous conversation... > >> > >> Deborah > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: