At 10:05 AM 1/14/2000 -0600, ALBERT KARMAN wrote:
>The vendors aren't 'users', folks...they're vendors who've chosen this
>(free) forum to advertise.

Wrong!  Vendors are also users, who puchase/use many of the same
products and services as others who use this technology in their
business.  Its just that the product they have to offer is back to
the same community which they purchase products from as well, not
to health care providers, defense contractors, rental car companies,
etc.

If you don't like to see information on new developments in the
community which may benefit everyone, then simply delete these notes
or remove yourself from this forum if you feel you don't get any
benefit from what the vendors/consultants have to offer.

How about if we try an experiment?  For the entire month of
February, all vendors (including HP) and consultants will stop
*all* communication to this forum.  This includes responding to
questions raised by others and any offer of assistance.  It
might be interesting to see what this newgroup would be like.
(Wirt: you'll need to stop shipping your free calendars too!)
I'll sign-up for this experiment!



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