Re: Defending Greg

[news.intercon.com!psinntp!shellgate!camo!rgh@louie.udel.edu (Richard G.]

kanderso@liege.ICS.UCI.EDU (Kenneth Anderson) writes:

>In comp.lang.ada Richard Hash writes:
>>srctran@world.std.com (Gregory Aharonian) writes:
>>> [[the same old stuff, removed for brevities sake]]
>> [ blah, blah, Greg works too hard, blah, blah]
>
> [...]
>If you don't like Greg's posts then put his name in your kill file and
>never be bothered again. Not liking what someone says (no matter how
>many times they say it) doesn't give you the right to censor/belittle him
>with a sarcastic post.
>
>Ken Anderson - U.C. Irvine

I'm not trying to censor Mr. Aharonian (I think he does get quite
repetitious as times, but that's his right), he can flag away at readers
of this group forever, and that's fine with me. I know how kill files
work, and I don't like to us them. There have been plenty of times I've
*enjoyed* his posts - some contain good points to ponder. Others sound
more like frustration outlets (to me).

What I'm curious about is: why *here*? What on earth is the motivational
reason for such persistent efforts, when, to date, the payback has been
pretty near nothing for him? What "special" thing about this newsgroup
warrants his long-term and unflagging persistence? Is it possible this is
the wrong place for maximum payback? It just seems like a tremendous time
and energy expense, with poor results, IMO...

I must admit, in all the Ada conferences I've been to, and all the Ada
literature I've read (since '86), I cannot recall having heard thing one
about his companies reuse service/product/whatever. Only in the context
of this newgroups have I heard about it, so he has accomplished that ...

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Richard G. Hash
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