Re: SD: Re: Dismissal from ticalc.org
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Re: SD: Re: Dismissal from ticalc.org
This isn't an issue of discrimination or anything like that. I understand
what you are trying to say; However, whether or not a boycott would be
successful is of no importance. The fact is that TICALC.ORG provides a nice
service and putting them offline would serve little purpose to anyone. If
you look at this from another angle, such as the business world, such acts
would probally get him (whose name escapes me) fired. I am trying not be
one-sided and I think it is very honerable how he has handled this
situation. I just beleive that things are going to far. I plan on using
TICALC.ORG for some time to come and beleive many others will as well. Live
and let live.
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>I completely agree with a boycott...except that I nowhere else to go until
>other mailing lists are up and running. Bryan Rabeler himself is seriously
>considering making his own site for calculator programs. If you think
>about it, the ticalc.org server has to get a minimal amount of hits every
>single week in order to keep the internet connection it is on. Boycotting
>ticalc.org will force the owners to drop its connection speed. If no one
>visits ticalc.org, morale among the coordinators will be destroyed, the
>rest of the staff will be in chaos, and people will be leaving ticalc.org
>left and right. Boycott is one of the oldest and most successful methods
>used even though it is viewed, in many people's eyes, as pointless.
>Without boycott, Civil Rights would not exist. Think about that for a
>minute. Blacks want civil rights, we want a staff that is happy and we
>want to be happy. Bryan played a MAJOR role in making ticalc.org,
>ticalc.org. Firing Bryan made everyone shocked and upset. So, a boycott
>may not get his job back, but at least it will demonstrate that **WE** the
>people, not the coordinators, hold the power of ticalc.org.
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>>On Wed, 10 Mar 1999 19:30:14 +0000 Jeffrey Malone <ieatlint@home.com>
>>writes:
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>>>okay, now if you think i wrote i didn't. if you know i didn't i will
>>>tell why
>>>to go along with the boycott:
>>>1. Because already we have programers who won't post their programs
>>>on ticalc.org
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>>>2. Because they are very unfair to their staff members
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>>>3. Because they have a *REALLY* slow server and it take sometimes
>>>forever to load.
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>>>4. Because if you wait a couple of weeks, it will all be over and you
>>>can say
>>>that you stood up for a just cause.
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