Steve,
That was no attack: That was a very valid perception of an MVP's
actions who needs to be reigned in and even offers libelous
prose, which, you also appear to approve of.
Further inline:
Steve Cochran said:
Let me just quote what I said before:
"We also try to be congenial to each other in this and other MS
newsgroups.
You might try that also."
IFF I should respond, I respond in-kind to this sort of thing. I
don't attempt to give misinformation.
Your attack on Frank is completely unwarranted.
Actually, as I explained the the previous post, it is/was
warranted. And overdue.
We as MVPs here for OE have
struggled with MS for over 8 years trying to get a more
responsible software package out of MS, rather than the current
unsatisfactory program people have had to deal with all of
these years.
That is NOT the "job" of an MVP. Your "slur" here violates the
agreements you made when you became an MVP. If you are an MVP.
Read on.
Frank has been in the thick of it with the rest of the OE MVPs
trying and trying and trying for years to help the OE users.
Did I object to his helping OE users? No, I did not. I objected
to his possibly libelous statements about a company MS is
currently in competitive status with. Whereas you have decided
to slur MS as well.
Your ill-informed and disparaging comments towards those who
have helped so much in these OE NGs only proclaim your
ignorance of the issues and expose you as a pompous fool.
My comments are/were quite well informed and are easily
verifiable should one wish to pursue it. Disparaging is in the
eye of the reader. He is only one of several who have helped in
some way over the years.
I could comment on your own "pompousity" but shall not. Your
presentation of misinformation, slurs against Microsoft in this
post, and your overall attitude display an ignorance of
interestingly valid points you should already be aware of. Your
grasp of the situation is apparently tenuous at best and
wrong-headed at worst. It leads me to think your MVP status is
phoney, in fact, although you clearly elude to it early on.
....
I've made the points I wished to make, with assistance from two
MVPs, and don't intend to be responding to any further posts
along this line so flail away at will; the floor is yours. There
is very little to be gained by further communications along this
line.
Perhaps you've forgotten what it's about too, when one such as he
"slurs" Symantec/Norton products, MS itself, and even the
incorrect descriptions you yourself have attempted to give in
your response.
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