On Monday, March 19, 2001 7:00 AM (AEST) Greg A. Woods <woods@weird.com> wrote: To: Patrick Corliss <patrick@quad.net.au> Cc: Karl Auerbach <karl@CAVEBEAR.COM>; [NANOG] <nanog@merit.edu> Subject: Re: Multiple Roots are "a good thing" - Karl Auerbach
First off let me now blast you into oblivion for posting your response to my *PRIVATE* message!!!!! That was a *REALLY* stupid thing to do. You've now lost all the points you might have had in this game and gone negative....
Hi Greg Please let me apologise to you and other members of the list for posting my reply publicly. This was unintended and accidental on my part. I don't know how I made the error but I somehow thought that your post was onlist. Fotunately there was nothing intensely private apart from your low opinion of my abilities. I'd say that opinion has, if possible, sunk even lower now ;-). You have also said about my posting of Karl Auerbach's work:
(quoting his entire proposal was also bad etiquette)
There are some strong views on these topics as you demonstrated with your vigorous private message. I appreciate you are very competent but in other cases these negative views are superficial and uninformed. Karl Auerbarch's proposal is the only one that I have seen which explains an alternative viewpoint impartially. It may sound boorish given my mistake above but I am less concerned with etiquette than I am with truth and justice. I don't believe that multiple roots are necessarily a "bad thing" either technically or politically and I think this will be proved in time. Meanwhile that you for the references. I will discuss them with you later. Anyway, I'm sorry it happpened. Best regards Patrick Corliss