Re: [Thinkpad] IBM 701 BUTTERFLY THINKPAD

From: Randal Whittle <rwhittle_at_usa.net>
Date: Tue Sep 02 2003 - 23:26:22 EDT

At 05:36 PM 9/2/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>Man, talk about putting someone down ~ First some Bruce fellow tells me
>basically to go to hell and take my 701's with me just because he is tired of
>hearing about the 701's or more than likely because he just has low tolerance
>of someone new that comes around and wants to just fit in and be part of
>the forum

         You don't fit in by advertising your wares in every single post
and incessantly hyping a ThinkPad model that is obsolete and has out of
production for more than 6 years--again, apparently in an effort to
continue to hype your wares.

>email ~ boy talk about bad luck ~ joining this forum was a big mistake. I
>joined
>because I thought I could get the word out and let everyone know that
>there's still
>hope for the 701 and there's still someone that works on them, and all I
>got was

         Joining the forum wasn't a mistake--just pushing your particular
agenda was.

         A great example of how to play nice, do the ThinkPad community a
real service, and not be blatantly commercial about it, is Bill
Morrow. Take a look at the archives at how he has conducted himself and
you'll see a tremendous example of how to behave. And *everyone* on this
list knows he runs "thinkpads.com" and many of us have done business with
him in part because of his eminent professionalism.

>how do you unsubcribe from here !

         Take a look at the extended headers.

         Sorry to see you go. You could be a real resource to the list
concerning 701's if you chose to conduct your postings differently.

- Randy Whittle
Longtime ThinkPad owner & listmember (from...oh, 1992 or 1993?)

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