On Wed, 04 April 2001, Stephen Stuart wrote:

smd@clock.org (Hi, Sean) said:

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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 :-)