Re: What gives?

Hi Jack, I usually respond to the simple questions by mail rather than posting. Since these are usually RTFM or FAQ material which most of us have been regularly exposed to. A lot of people across the pond still rely on the mailing list rather than News feeds and I just feel that it is an inapproriate to fill up mailboxes that they pay for. Any comments Malcolm. However, this brings me to another point which is about the content that occasionally appears. I'm thinking about unsolicted uuencoded zip files. I don't think people should distribute material in this way and would prefer that people with newsfeeds bear in mind this fact and point to where the information, which was in the public domain, could be collected. I think Kerry and everyone who contributed to the FAQ have done a marvellous job - so sometimes it easy just to mail the person the location of the FAQ. > >Pholks, > >First of all allow me to apologize for a minor spam. I borrowed Harvey's >login to ask an RTFM and see what happened. You may recall the question was >something like 'can I run isql forms and reports from the command line'. If >I had asked that question 2 years ago I would have been bombarded with 40-50 >answers. To date there have been 4 answers to Harveys' question, two of which >involve 'sacego/sperform'. > Jonathan's answer was already posted before I saw Harvey's message! I think he does a fanastic job with his #include <disclaimer.h> hat on. Thanks again Jonathan. [Snip] >Have we become scared to answer questions for fear that we might be wrong? >Have we all gone so far into the stratosphere with our topics that simple >everyday questions like this are meaningless? Have we lost readership due >to the number of job postings? Has Informix become such a little-used >product that there aren't that many of us left? I don't think so - I wish we had more uk job postings [hint hint] Informix seems to be back in favor here at the momment. > >This is not the way I remember it and I don't like it at all. I realize >that I haven't been answering many questions lately - trying to restrict >myself to ones I know I know and not those where Jonathan is bound to have >a better answer. Would y'all care to discuss this? Should we move it to >IUG-talk? I still believe that this is one of the best newsgroups around - topics have increased some I'm still trying to get my head around eg. versioning consistency control. If I think I can help the poster I do try to help except if I know someone beat me to it. Just my two cents Cheers, Peter +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Peter K. Botcherby, Paediatric Research Unit, Guys Hospital, London, UK. | | p.botcherby@umds.ac.uk Fax +44 (0) 171 9554644 | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ >_____________________________________________________________________________ >Jack Parker - Hewlett Packard, BSMC Boise, Idaho, USA >jparker@hpbs3645.boi.hp.com >_____________________________________________________________________________ > "I wave my private parts at your aunties. I burst my pimples at you, > you tiny empty headed wiper of other peoples bottoms." > -MP&THG- French Taunter II >_____________________________________________________________________________ > Any opinions expressed herein are my own and not those of my employers. >_____________________________________________________________________________ >