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From: billd@fps.com (Bill Davidson)
Newsgroups: news.admin,comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: Comp.sources.unix and replacing Rich Salz
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Date: 27 Nov 90 20:02:21 GMT
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I'm getting sick of all the people trashing Rich Salz here.

comp.sources.unix has consistently produced the best software of any
of the sources groups.  This is primarily due to Rich.  He takes a
lot of care in moderating the group.  Admittedly, the delays have
been getting longer than they probably should but these attacks are
getting undeservedly vicious.

It kind of reminds me of when I worked as a dishwasher at Disneyland.
We washed pots by hand.  I got the pots clean but I got in trouble
because I didn't do it quickly enough.  My lead (read: foreman) showed
me how to do it *right*: he didn't get the pots clean.  He just sprayed
them off with the high pressure sprayer and put them on the shelf and
announced: "we're done".  They still had crud all over them.  In fact,
that was the way he and all the other dishwashers did it all the time.
If I didn't do it that way I got yelled at.  I'm glad I managed to
change to busboy after two weeks.  I have a problem with doing a job
halfway.

Larry, if you can do just as good a job of choosing and testing software
had Rich has and do it more quickly then I suggest that you offer to
take over the job of moderator.  Otherwise, quit whining.  It's getting
tedious and boring.

--Bill Davidson
"My God!  I'm living in a Stephen King movie!" -- Murphy Brown