Cobol - Re: "Name calling" - Generalizations

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Re: "Name calling" - Generalizations - "who you are" vs "wha

Robert Wagner

2004-05-16, 12:30 am

"William M. Klein" <wmklein@nospam.netcom.com> wrote:

>Finally, I know that I (and others) can simply IGNORE those stating opinions as
>facts. However, as threads in comp.lang.cobol ARE archived and the
>"unsuspecting" may find such posts. Therefore, I do think it is important that
>such semi-truths and misinformation be refuted and/or corrected.

Thank you for the diplomacy and helpful suggestions in wording.

My acid test for the worth of a posting is oriented to the 'unsuspecting" who
will read these postings in years hence. My test is whether it contains valuable
information unpublished elsewhere, or just bickering, joking or one-line
replies. The substantive replies deserve to be archived; the throwaways don't.

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