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From: kaufman@eecs.nwu.edu (Michael L. Kaufman)
Subject: Re: Progress on RFD: split/splinter comp.sys.handhelds
Message-ID: <1991May29.181620.2014@eecs.nwu.edu>
Organization: EECS Department, Northwestern University
References: <7679@rex.cs.tulane.edu> <5026@ryn.mro4.dec.com>
Date: Wed, 29 May 1991 18:16:20 GMT

In article <5026@ryn.mro4.dec.com> taber@ultnix.enet.dec.com (Patrick St. Joseph Teahan Taber) writes:
>In article <7679@rex.cs.tulane.edu>, mandel@vax.anes.tulane.edu (Jeff E
>Mandel MD MS) writes:
[Jeff writes that among other things, there will be a vote that will allow 
everyone to vote for exactly what they want.]

>Kind of jumping the gun, aren't you Jeff?  You don't have the results
>from the straw poll.  You don't have agreement from the people in on the
>private discussion, nor have you brought the discussion out into the
>public light where these things are supposed to happen.  

Is it just me, or does anyone feel that this whole 'split' discussion would
go better if people would spend less time taking cheap shots?  Patrick, he
didn't say that he had agreement, he said that they are going to have a vote
that will allow the disagreeing groups to each party to vote for what they
want to.  And I know that I speak for quite a few of us when I say that we
would much prefer if a good deal more of these discussions stayed out of the
public light.  We are sick of this topic and would much prefer to go on with
something else.

Patrick, we all know that you disagree with Jeff, but tht doesn't mean you 
have to insert any conspiricy theories into his postings.

Michael


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