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[Eric Swartz WA6HHQ - Elecraft]

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On Aug 9, 2010, at 3:07 PM, John Merrill <johnn1jm at gmail.com> wrote:

> As in many mailing lists, the rule is to leave the policing to the moderator....FWIW.
> 
> 
> On Aug 9, 2010, at 2:37 PM, John Ragle wrote:
> 
>> Well, Tom, when the idea first floated across the reflector a day or so 
>> ago, it was meant as a JOKE by the person who sent it. Instead, a bunch 
>> of people took it seriously and made what I consider to be fatuous 
>> suggestions to the staff of Elecraft (via the list-server). Indeed, some 
>> of them went so far as to call Elecraft's design non-ergonomic. My goal 
>> in writing was simply to re-assure the dudes at Elecraft that in fact 
>> their design is NOT ergonomically deficient, and that I, for one, 
>> appreciate it. I don't see why people who dislike the design bother to 
>> buy it in the first place...and then complain about it to the designer. 
>> Their dissatisfaction should be better directed at themselves.
>> 
>> This particular list server is remarkable for its very wide-ranging 
>> exchange of views, some of which have little bearing on the actual 
>> mission of the reflector. In this case, because of the number of people 
>> who bit on the joke, I wanted to make sure Elecraft didn't take them 
>> seriously. Perhaps I should have used the word "petulant" rather than 
>> "whiner."
>> 
>> I don't think that this matter deserves a roll-call vote of yea vs nay.
>> 
>> JLR
>> 
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