Fred, thanks for taking a stand on the list. I've only recently joined, and I've been discouraged by the sheer number of off-topic posts, or personal posts that are thoughtlessly broadcast to the entire list. I was only a few days away from quitting until I read your email. I'm willing to put in the time to make this an informative and entertaining list (my areas of strength are macros & search+replace) -- as long as it stays on target and actually offers helpful information on using NisusWriter. Gary Niemeier Fred Terry wrote: > Bing bing bing, Bob has it right. When I assumed ownership of this > list in the late 80s or early 90s (you could look it up in > Engst's Internet book), Nisus was the name of the program. I > revised the sign up info later when the name of the pgram changed > to NisusWriter. I won't be modifying it again. You have unfortunately > caught me in a very grumpy mood. > > I don't buy the argument that just because Nisus Software creates > an app it should be discussed on this list. I also don't buy the > argument that Nisus users should be allowed to talk about everything > and anything on this list that they want to just because they are > a community. This list is for the discussion of NisusWriter. > > My apologies to all of the long-suffering list members who have put up > with this while I let it run amok. My extreme apologies to all > of the list members who gave up on me and left. I kept thinking > that I could set up a list explicitly for you guys, but it really > is just beyond my time right now. So the simplest solution for me > is to steer this list back to where it is supposed to be. If you > are one of the members that want a different kind of list--one > about Nisus Email or relflections of the Nisus community members-- > please feel free to create one. You have my sympathies in advance. > > I have two options. I can either moderate the list and reject all > postings that are off topic (that is, not about Nisus, the older > version of NisusWriter, or NisusWriter). Or you guys can moderate > yourselves. > > I am not accepting discussion about this. I have already made > up my mind. > > pf > list owner > > At 9:39 AM -0500 8/3/00, Robert B. Waltz wrote: > >On 8/3/00, Benjamin Cramer wrote: > > > >[ ... ] > > > >>I don't know what Erik's quotation of the entire subscription reply was > >>meant to point out - I didn't find anything that made the intention of > >>the list any clearer than the portion Frazer already quoted. But, I > >>disagree with Frazer's interpretation of "A discussion list for Nisus & > >>NisusWriter". It seems NisusWriter is specifically mentioned as a topic, > >>but Nisus is mentioned as well. It seems that if we are to discuss the > >>company, Nisus, that implies that discussion of any software designed > >>and/or marketed by Nisus is fair game, as is the company's general market > >>strategy. > > > >Just as a note: When I first started using a certain word processor, > >it was Nisus (version 2.something), and produced by Paragon Software. > > > >So, for old fogeys like me, the description "Nisus and NisusWriter" > >means old and new versions of a particular word processor. > >A clearer statement (e.g. "Nisus Software and its products," or > >"The word processor now known as NisusWriter") would *really* > >help. It would either clearly open the list to NESY, or (my > >personal hope) definitively make NESY off-topic. > >-- > >Bob Waltz > >waltzmn@skypoint.com > > > >"The one thing we learn from history -- > > is that no one ever learns from history." -- Gary Niemeier Dakota Book & Type 4300 Dartmouth Drive Grand Forks, ND 58202 Tel. 701-777-6548 Fax. 701-777-2339 gary@gaffaneys.com
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