Re: Leica R 90mm: Elmarit or Summicron?

[Gary J Toop <gtoop@uoguelph.ca>]

On Sat, 8 Jun 1996, Eric Welch wrote:

> Thanks Gary. I didn't take it as a flame, but sent him personal e-mail to
> state what I felt. 
> 
> In the future, for netiquette purposes, lets keep these types of
> communications in private e-mail, and when we get one from someone, leaving
> it private. I'm not telling you all what to do, but I hope the positive
> sentiments of the person's message be honored.

	Normally I would have done as you say, but the message was 
seeking to instruct all of us - probably with the very best intentions - 
and not only did I not think that the instructions were as helpful as 
they might seem, but they _seemed_ to be contradicted by the tone 
of the post, which seemed worth pointing out.  In retrospect, it might 
have been best to say less about that so as not to distract attention 
from my more positive suggestion as to how people might, if it seemed 
like a good idea to them, avoid the kind of difficulties that we have 
been having. 

Gary Toop