RE: EMC - a practical implementation?

["Tim Goldstein" <tgoldste-at-mlh-services.com>]

Steve,

That does dredge up some bad memories.

It just amazes me that someone could form such a conclusive opinion on a
product without trying it. Even more interesting is that he has nothing good
to say about EMC, but is not proposing any alternatives either.

Tim
[Denver, CO]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: emc-at-nist.gov [emc-at-nist.gov]On Behalf Of Steve Carlisle
> Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 11:06 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: Re: EMC - a practical implementation?
>
>
>
> Tim, we have been there, done that, I think his name
> was Hoyt.
>
> Steve
>
> ----------
> From: Tim Goldstein <tgoldste-at-mlh-services.com>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <emc-at-nist.gov>
> Subject: RE: EMC - a practical implementation?
> Date: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 9:43 PM
>
>
> StevieB,
>
> If you have no interest in EMC and only want to berate people that are
> happy
> using it, why are you wasting your oh so valuable time on a list that is
> only about this software product that you feel is a waste of your time?
>
> I have offered to invest my valuable time (and no you do not have
> any right
> decide for me what is a waste or investment of this precious
> time) and help
> you set up a machine on EMC. It seems you are more interested in tearing
> the
> package down that actually tying it and seeing if it serves your needs.
>
> Tim
> [Denver, CO]
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: emc-at-nist.gov [emc-at-nist.gov]On Behalf Of Stephen B.
> > Patterson
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 9:57 PM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list
> > Subject: Re: EMC - a practical implementation?
> >
> >
> >
> > Ray,
> >
> > Nope, no software religionist am I.   And since those at NIST
> > have not seen
> > fit to use the same type of development environment as Mr. Torvalds, I
> see
> > no common benefit, and refuse to be snookered by an enticing piece of
> free
> > software (Gosh, wouldn't it be neat if it worked on MY machine?)
> >
> > But, regardless of whether or not the software is free or costs a
> thousand
> > dollars a copy, I refuse to compile, test and debug someone
> > else's software
> > for free.  I do believe that my time and effort (and your time and
> effort)
> > are best spent elsewhere.
> >
> > Do you think these NIST software gurus think that ALL of us are
> > that gullible?
> >
> > And I've only been in the business since 1975.
> >
> >
> > StevieB
> > >
>