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To: jake burns who wrote (10671)	1/27/1999 8:05:00 PM
From: TEDennis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15094

jake: You mentioned that "strawman" argument a couple of times before, and I just ignored it because it was your opinion and you have a right to it. But, since you continue to bring it up to discredit me, then please give me the right to defend myself. If you go back to the original post I made, there were 3 issues that I considered vague in the IBM press release. I documented my interpretation of those issues, and left the topics open for discussion. There was no intent to set anything up for later. I even closed the post with "Just a few thoughts to ponder ..." See: #reply-7370418 and the sequence of responses and responses to those responses, etc ... I was attacked after that 3 issue post for having a non "nothing-but-positive" attitude towards the release. That's why the discussions started and continued. The "strawman" situation as you call it was set up by David Furstenberg himself when he stated that "every IBM rep has been briefed". I didn't believe that at the time, because I've worked with IBM and know how slow information travels in an organization that large. However, I didn't tell David he was wrong. Perhaps he was right, so I decided to check it out by contacting IBM. It took a few days to even find the right group of IBM people to talk with. David's claim was disproved by those people. I posted the results of my investigation with no supporting comments, positive or negative. You then attacked that post, to which I documented the sequence of events leading up to that. In my opinion, I did NOT set up that situation. It happened because others were not willing to consider the non "all-positive" viewpoint. In that case it shouldn't be considered a "strawman", and I have therefore been unjustly accused. Regards, TED