Well said!
   -Nick T.

Douglas Wood wrote:
>
> Actually, Olin, he DID get some responses from those of us who KNOW who
> Avocet is/was, who KNOW what the AVMAC51 assembler is/was, who don't
> discriminate against people who use processors other than the PIC/SX, and
> who regularly use DOS programs because of need or desire.
>
> Why do you insist on continually showing the PICLIST community just how
> boorish and trivial you can be by firing off emails that tell us nothing
> except why you wouldn't send a reply in the first place. Frankly, if you
> cannot or will not provide a considerate, useful response, don't. I've had
> several newbie PICLISTers complain off-line about you and a couple other of
> our most cantankerous members over the past few months. Make no mistake
> about it; you are a valuable PICLIST member and when you do manage to
> provide help, it is usually of very high quality. However, when you rant on
> as below, I have to wonder why James doesn't step in with a warning about
> civility. I, for one, grow quickly weary of the kind of response found
> below.
>
> If saying this, James, get me kicked off the PICLIST, fine. I feel, however,
> that we shouldn't allow Olin's bad temperament to ruin an otherwise great
> discussion group. In words I assume you'll understand, knock it off!!!
>
> Douglas Wood
> Software Engineer
> dbwood@kc.rr.com
>
> Home of the EPICIS Development System for the PIC and SX
> http://epicis.piclist.com
>
> > Look -------, I saw your message the first time.  If I wanted to
> > respond to it I would have.  I guess others didn't respond either.
> > You are not owed an answer.  You asked a bunch of people for a favor,
> > and in this case they all declined.  That's life.  Get over it.
> > Sending me the same message again privately is just going to piss me
> > off, which may cause me to avoid helping you next time.
> >
> > I can't say why others didn't respond to your original message, but I
> > didn't because:
> >
> >   1)   I've never heard of Avocet.
> >
> >   2)   I've never heard of the AVMAC51 package.
> >
> >   3)   It's a pure 8051 question on the PIC list.  Go ask on an 8051
> >        list.  Duh!
> >
> >   4)   The kind of person looking for an obsolete product that ran on
> >        DOS that the company doesn't even want to acknowledge anymore
> >        is usually a waste of time.
> >
> >
> > ********************************************************************
> > Olin Lathrop, embedded systems consultant in Littleton Massachusetts
> > (978) 742-9014, olin@embedinc.com, http://www.embedinc.com

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