xml-dev - Re: standards body parallel

[Lisa Rein <lisarein@finetuning.com>]

Hello All:

That posting yesterday was supposed to be a personal chiding for Simon's
eyes only.  To make matters worse, my ISP was having trouble yesterday
with its mail server, and I had no knowlege of it posting to the public
list until about a half hour ago, when my ISP decided to tell me about
the problem and send me the rest of yesterday's mail.  

To make matters worse, the posting I meant to send to the list doesn't
seem to have ever posted.  That's why i sent that test message
afterwards -- to confirm that my mail server and/or xml-dev was having
problems since my response didn't post.  

I would never have intentionally posted such a haphazard emotional
response, complete with what could be interpreted out of context as a
personal attack (referring to Simon's "paranoid delusions"). However, I
would like to point out that there was no name calling!  (I don't call
people names even in personal mailings :-)   

Regardless of the technical difficulties that followed, it was still a
careless action on my part to make the first response public.  I have
already apologized to Simon personally, and I'd like to apologize now to
everyone on this list.  

Thanks,

lisa




Dan Mabbutt wrote:
> 
> I hesitate to post because I'm awed by the caliber of the members of this
> list.  But as a member of the community of lurkers, I would like to
> congratulate the principal participants such as Simon, Len, Johnathan, Rick,
> and Daniel for maintaining a high level of intellectual debate that is
> enormously educational for someone like me who is just trying to become
> informed. In spite of the deeply held convictions evident here, only one
> post (Lisa Rein) has degenerated to a level of name calling and personality
> assassination so common in other forums. In fact, this is a point in favor
> of the openness that Simon has been defending.  It shows that a public forum
> can occasionally maintain high standards of participation.
> 
> I just wanted to let you all know that there is an audience out there and at
> least one of us appreciates this opportunity to read and learn very much.