Re: Adobe FrameMaker End-of-Life for Macintosh Platform

["Darryl L. Starr" <dstarr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Debbi:

I whole heartedly agree with you that Dov has been a life saver to me on
many occasions and I could not have done some of the things I needed to do
without him. I will say though, that from time to time he can be a little
short, but that is understandable with some of the junk he has to read from
some of the respondents on this list. I would be short too!

Darryl Starr

Debbi Fortney Correia wrote:

> I'm sure there will be a bunch of "me too" messages on this one! Dov is
> one of the most significant contributors to this list, and has been a
> tremendous resource for many of us. His assistance goes far beyond
> anything we could get from Adobe technical support, and we certainly get
> answers more quickly! I have an email filter for his messages -- they go
> directly into a folder with his name, and I've forwarded a number of his
> posts to people on this list over the past several years. Thanks Dov for
> your years of dedication!!
>
> In my opinion, Denise Salles doesn't know what she's talking about.
>
> Deb
>
> > Denise,
> >
> > Thank you for your feedback.
> >
> > You are certainly entitled to your opinion vis-a-vis my style and
> > motivation. Other recipients and contributors to this list may or
> > may not share those opinions.
> >
> > In terms of the particular message you cite, I was simply stating the
> > technical facts to counter a number of messages on this list
> > by well-meaning
> > contributors. These messages have taken some terrible leaps of faith
> > regarding what could have or should be done for a "quick fix"
> > for FrameMaker
> > on the Macintosh, more specifically MacOS X, on the basis of
> > their buying
> > into popular hype vis-a-vis OS similarities and portability issues.
> >
> > Unlike some contributors to this list over the last week, I have not
> > questioned anyone's motives, intelligence, etc. Nor have I tried to
> > convince anyone that last week's announcement was good and wonderful.
> > My style is terse. I am not a "suit" or a PR wonk, just a
> > dumb engineer
> > here at Adobe (and not even part of the FrameMaker
> > organization) trying to
> > supply technical answers to what are usually print workflow and system
> > configuration issues. The terseness is a direct reaction to
> > (a) needing to
> > keep the messages as short and sweet as possible and (b)
> > wanting to avoid
> > editorializing as much as possible. With 300 to 600 incoming
> > emails a day
> > (after the spam filters), I really don't have time to craft
> > namby-pamby
> > responses to make everyone feel good. This isn't "USA Today" or
> > "People Magazine."
> >
> > May I humbly suggest that if you really dislike my contributions to
> > this list that much and find them to be of no use to you, you
> > simply set
> > your email filters to automatically discard all email with
> > isaacs@xxxxxxxxx
> > in them.
> >
> >         - Dov
> >
> >
> > At 3/30/2004 10:34 AM, Denise Salles wrote:
> > >Dov,
> > >
> > >In my opinion your messages are, as a general rule,
> > contemptuous and condescending. Come down from the bell tower
> > if you truly want open communication with others.
> > >
> > >Denise
>
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