Re: [Thinkpad] IBM 701 BUTTERFLY THINKPAD

GO RANDAL!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Randal Whittle" <rwhittle@usa.net>
To: "TP List" <thinkpad@stderr.org>; <exocomp.usa@verizon.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 11:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] IBM 701 BUTTERFLY THINKPAD

> 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 and incessantly hyping a ThinkPad model that is obsolete and has out of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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