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> From: Michael L Gueterman <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Why INTEREX Consultants List and other thoughts(longish)
> Date: Saturday, May 31, 1997 1:22 PM
>
>
>   One of the things that attracted me to the Internet, and which I and
> many others (Denys is very near the top of this list :) share, is the
spirit
> of sharing information FREELY.  Everyone (well, most everyone) has
> to earn a living, but helping others out when they get stuck on
something
> has multiple benefits, name recognition, good will, peace of mind, etc.
> I've always tried to answer questions poised to me as best I could,
regardless
> of who asked it.  Even when getting things straightened takes a good
deal
> of time, I still give it my best shot.  Doing this certainly doesn't
earning me a
> living, but I feel that I need to give back something that so many
others did
> (and continue to do!) for me.  This is what the Internet is all about
for me.
>

Again, Mike makes a good point here --- many of us take time from our
"billable" work to help others.  If you look at it, Mike and I could be
considered competitors, but we help each other out (in the recent cases,
Samba troubleshooting).  I also work with ClubWin - a volunteer
organization within Microsoft to assist those with Windows95.  (OK -
ClubWin members are also beta testers, so we get something for it -
basically, free software early, but you can't feed yourself with free
software).

The thing here, as in my previous post - we help each other, and to try to
"make a buck" on something that's basically trivial is not right.  I
swiped Mike's link page (again, forgive me Mike <g>) and am working on my
own.  Mine too, will be free of charge - and all one has to do to be
included is send a name and a URL and it will be up within a week (or so,
it's still under construction)...

[Now I will get down off my soapbox <g> - OK, I'm torqued-off that the
Flyers lost tonight...so forgive my rants, OK? Ya gotta root for the home
team!]

Joe