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<DIV><FONT size=2>Dear Claude,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>You say that your country is full of luddites. It seems the
case.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Anyway, today a lot of emails went out (the same you've
received). After I received your first mail I sent it also to our contacts
within the UN, the World Bank, the University of Amsterdam and
some others, just to ask them if they had the same problem you had. I just
spoke to the last one in New York. None of them had the problem you
had.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>I also received some mails from colleagues of yours and
myself. It seems that you are sending them your (spam) mail through BCC.
Talking about Values, Ethics and Netiquette? </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>What we normally would ask you to do is to send us an
apology. If you are a man with such high standards, knowledge and ethical
feelings then you would do so and you would send it also to those you had
sent the first one, apologies to them and give us a copy through
cc.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>This mail is on its way to those mentioned above,
WSIS and our official and/or strategic partners (IBM / MSN /
Deloitte).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Sorry about this Claude, but you are not one to be trusted. I
hope to hear from you in a more positive way the next time. Who knows, maybe
then you can work together with some university's on behalf of the UWVF and
experience closely what it is becoming and is achieving in
the field of ICT R&D (and not only for spoilt-by-broadband
ICT-illiterates).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Robert </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>your </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>> Dr Ebbeler<BR>> <BR>> You wrote:<BR>>
<BR>> Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 5:21 PM<BR>> Subject: It seems
you do not know how works/ Re: [Values-ethics] Whom are<BR>> you hoping to
take in, Mr Ebbeler?<BR>> <BR>> Dear Claude,<BR>> It seems you do not
know how works. If you would have asked politely most<BR>> likely I would
have given you some straight answers. You should do something<BR>> about that
temperament of yours my friend. It helps a lot if you try some<BR>>
diplomacy.<BR>> Regards,<BR>> Robert Ebbeler<BR>> PS its Dr Ebbeler not
Mr.>><BR>> <BR>> I know all too well how it works, and this is
precisely why I immediately<BR>> warned the Values and Ethics mailing list.
Not sending 722k e-mails to<BR>> people one doesn't know is basic courtesy,
at times called netiquette when<BR>> applied to the internet and e-mail. Not
sending twice the same info as heavy<BR>> attachments is another rule of
basic courtesy.<BR>> <BR>> At first glance I thought you were the usual
well-meaning,<BR>> spoilt-by-broadband luddite. I know how these spoilt
luddites work and am<BR>> patient with them: my country is full of them,
especially in power<BR>> positions, and also among theorizers of "ICT4D", so
I have no choice but<BR>> being patient with them.<BR>> <BR>> But you
come from the Netherlands, an ICT-literate country. And the keywords<BR>> in
the head of your site showed that you are anything but
ICT-illiterate.<BR>> Your </FONT><A href="http://www.6xa.nl/"><FONT
size=2>http://www.6xa.nl/</FONT></A><FONT size=2> site proves that you are
actually an ICT pro. You<BR>> deliberately chose to break the basic rules of
online communication. You are<BR>> deliberately sending microsoft files while
claiming your project's<BR>> commitment to open-source.<BR>> <BR>>
Unless you were banking on impressing people theoretically interested in
ICT<BR>> for development but with little actual knowledge of practical rules
in ICT<BR>> use, with your huge powerpoint (so nice to play with) and
word (easier to<BR>> print) attachments, why on earth did you not just
write "For further<BR>> information, please visit </FONT><A
href="http://www.thevirtualrockoperas.org"><FONT
size=2>www.thevirtualrockoperas.org</FONT></A><FONT size=2> " to the text of
your<BR>> e-mail?<BR>> <BR>> I tried: it would have reduced your e-mail
to 4k instead of 722k. So you<BR>> blew up 180.5 times the needed size for
your e-mail, with no apparent<BR>> justification. Don't be surprised if
people start looking for hidden<BR>> motives.<BR>> <BR>>
Regards<BR>> <BR>> Claude Almansi<BR>> <BR>>
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