Re: Faster 'Net growth rate raises fears about routers

[Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com>]

On Wed, 04 April 2001, Stephen Stuart wrote:
> smd () clock org (Hi, Sean) said:
>
> > P.S.: Isn't it cool that none of us is using an address which in any
> >       way informs a person who didn't already know, who it is that we 
> >       work for?
>
> The thing I thought on reading that was that it was further evidence
> that you (me, everyody) should be conservative in that you send, and
> liberal in what you receive. The comment illustrates (to me, I'm not
> trying to put words in Sean's mouth here) that, in an industry as
> small as ours, you should exercise caution in dealing with people;
> someone working at a startup with a DSL connection to the net today
> could very well be an influential person at a global provider or
> vendor on which you depend tomorrow. The person you flame tonight
> might be the person you need to help you solve a problem tomorrow.


I flamed the White House in the Washington Post once.

You'll notice I don't post from my employer's account anymore :-)