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In two successive posts, Diane Haugan wrote the following:
>Excuse me if I seem miffed. I am. Somehow your gee-whiz enthusiasm
>doesn't mask what I perceive as a really snide attitude on your part
about
>the naivete of reviewers.
>Your motivations may be honorable, but without checking on what kinds
of
>resources already exist, carefully considering the copyright issues,
and
>clearly outlining how what you propose is different from the existing
>resources, your enthusiasm, for all it's genuineness, looks,
well...snide.
Diane,
I find your substantive remarks informative, but I am not interested in
in being attacked personally in public. You don't know me at all, so you
are not qualified to make judgements on my motivations. I won't reply to
any further posts that contain personal attacks.
