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Aren't yuou being a little thin-skinned? He didn't cast any
aspersions on you...it spoke realistically and how I would expect two
seasoned professionals to speak to each other when they aren't
walking on eggshells. I'd say you need to get past the fact that he
didn't agree with you and apologize for calling him that name on a
public list.
> On 5/13/05, Lyda Woods <lwoods -at- plexisweb -dot- com> wrote:
> > I find your reply offensive...a list of pejorative adjectives
> > with no understandable reason or support behind them. Boy I
> > hope you aren't someone's editor. If you read the proposal
> > you'd see that our focus is yo address the clients' needs.
> >
> > You are a jerk.
> > From: Bill Swallow [mailto:techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com]
> > The battle is irrelevent. Your clients' needs clearly demand
> > more than a newsletter. The battle is going to be long, nasty,
> > painful, and dumb until you really address what clents need
> > and not what you want to provide them.
John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
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