Re: Apology - not necessary

["Paul D. Robertson" <proberts () clark net>]

On Sat, 26 Sep 1998, Paul D. Robertson wrote:

> I don't remember the first (and it could have been .gov, not .mil - I 
> honestly don't remember), but the second was Defense Logistics Agency 
> (Carlisle Barracks, Carlisle Pennsylvania).  

Whoops, I misplaced them!  Off to the old fogies home for me.  At least I 
didn't put them at Fort Indiantown Gap *sigh*

> While there may be a perfectly innocent reason for it, (or maybe they listened
> to the rumors) it was certainly suspicious enough to fuel quite a bit of 
> "why-the-heck-would-they-buy-it-then-not-install-it?" speculation.  
>
> My understanding of the DLA event was that a higher command halted the 
> scheduled installation of FW-1 within 3 weeks of the scheduled install date to
> replace it with a different product.  This was after sending the site's
> administrators to FW-1 training.  When I was in the military, I know what that
> would indicate to me, and I still find that metric to be the most appropriate 
> to apply in this case, Your Paranoia May Vary.  

I've been told that FW-1 was installed after all, so I guess I'm guilty of 
vicious rumor-mongering :(  Since I don't have the details of the second 
site, I'll retract everything I said about aborted installations.  I'll 
hold my toungue on everything else closely related.    

> I'm perfectly willing to let you test the one I've heard of 

This offer to mjr still stands.

Paul
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