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> I don't think Jordan's attitude is really that offensive (although his
> mailing list persona is sort of grumpy).  I am actually more interested
> that the operating system be made more solid in a general way rather than
> seeing people scrambling to deal with the crisis du jour.

I think Jordan is faced with a rather unique perspective.  He's the 
person that *must* be ``grumpy''.  No-one else `protects the 
objectives' !

But, hey !  you're reading Jordan, aren't you ! ;-I

> Charles Mott

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Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....