[Re: BSw]

[Jay Gibberman]

Thank you for your apology and your personal sacrafice on the part of you=
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company which helps keep OS/2 viable. I will continue to remain a good
customer.

-Jay Gibberman



postmaster@bmtmicro.net (Postmaster Account) wrote:
> Hi Brian & All,
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> My last message was not intended to be rude, and I apologize to anyone
> that misread it, or read more into it than was meant to be.    I
> publicly apologize to you.    I would also like to thank everyone who
> replied to me personally with supportive emails. Thank you very much.
> =

> I took the negative (I thought) comments personally as I felt that
> everything I was trying to communicate was being twisted into something=

> other than I meant it to be.  I compounded my mistake by forgetting
> what side of the fence *I* am on - of course the customer is always
> right (seems obvious....),  and I should have just chilled instead of
> reacting - or rather overreacting.    This is the sort of situation
> where diplomacy is necessary and I'd make a poor diplomat right about
> now.
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> Folks, a lot of you have done business with us for years, and I've
> personally met or corresponded with many members of this list for the
> longest time.   What you may not know is that over the past  years, in
> particularly the past 12-14 months, I have sacrificed or almost lost
> everything that means anything to me, including my marriage and the
> relationship I have with my children, almost  all of my friends and
> have zilch social life because I have been consumed by BMT and
> Blueprint.     Same ol' story,  I swore it would never happen to me
> because I've after watched so many people flame out - now here I am.   =

>  Sounds kind of sappy I know, but it's the only reason I have to offer
> up.   I've missed some very important Kodak moments in life  to make
> sure people I've never met were happy.
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> Over the past few months I've done the best I could do, including
> hiring more people, investing in equipment, etc. and now I guess I just=

> need to crash for a few months and recoup.   Yesterday proves that.  =

> The advice I gave in my last message (regarding spending time with
> people you care about) was hard earned - and now I'm going to take it
> literally - I'm heading to Charleston tonight and will be back Sunday -=

> no notebook, no email, no GPS, no PDA.   =

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> Again, sorry to those who were offended,  There are no excuses for not
> being able to take heat without getting the ol' feathers ruffled.    I
> was a poor representitive for our entire organization.
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> Thanks,
> Thomas
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> On Wed, 04 Oct 2000 11:28:47 +0100, Brian Morrison wrote:
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> >On Wed, 04 Oct 2000 11:10:46 +0100 (BST), Simon Bowring wrote:
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> >>I'm staying here while the list remains and there are significant =

> >>people still here, and I'd like to add myself to the list of people
> >>who are pissed off with Blueprint. =

> >
> >I was surprised at BSW's latest posting. It appears to be designed to
> >tip list members over the edge. If this is what Thomas intended it is =
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> >very strange way to run a business, unless you are trying to get rid o=
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> >customers.
> >
> >I've also been following the threads on Stardock's news server where
> >Brad Wardell is saying that they only ever have trouble from OS/2
> >users. Stardock is withdrawing OS/2 support from Feb 2001 as they cite=

> >IBM's decision to kill OS/2 in 1996 has finally finished it for them.
> >I'm now resigned to having to move away from OS/2 once I get to the
> >point where it is no longer enough to do what I want, but PMMail,
> >PMINews and PMView are three of the main reasons to stick with it. One=

> >of those is orphaned, the other two are in the hands of BSW. It isn't
> >reassuring and can only hasten the effective demise of OS/2 for me.
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> >-- =

> >Brian Morrison                                  bdm@fenrir.demon.co.uk=

> >              do you know how far this has gone?
> >               just how damaged have I become?
> >                                      'Even Deeper' by Nine Inch Nails=

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