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Posted by Haskel LaPort on May 7, 2008, 9:29 am
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> Haskel LaPort wrote:
> [...]
>>>>>> I'm a user and sometimes contributor (although I have much to
>>>>>> learn)...
>>>>>> I found Allan's replies sometimes acerbic, sometimes irritating, and
>>>>>> even sometimes very useful.
>>>>>> It appears he hasn't contributed here in over a month.
>>>>>> Has he gone or changed his alias or...??
>
>>>> I appreciate the compliment but I could never fill the man's shoes.
>
> One way to test the theory is to see how long QBFanBoy (H. Laport) keeps
> this thread going, in the style of Allan Martin.
>
> In addition to the pattern seen here, there was a similar cessation of
> posts from Allan Martin and starting of posts from Haskel Laport in the
> misc.taxes.moderated group right around mid-March. Interestingly, this
> was shortly after the moderator of m.t.m. posted a message asking Allan
> Martin to contact him from a valid e-mail address (the badboy.com domain,
> although registered to a Jeanne Martin in San Diego, probably never had
> any connection to the e-mail that Allan Martin used in his last
> incarnation, just like another e-mail address he used in the past,
> cpa.com).
>
> Having spent a good deal of time in years past over at unmoderated groups
> for Oracle software, I am a "fan boy" of contributors who have something
> valuable to offer, even if they do it in a way that offends some others,
> especially newbies who don't know what to expect. The groups tend to be
> self-policing, as this one is, so I think the good that Allan Martin did
> outweighed any possible harm, especially since no one had to pay anything
> to get his advice.
If your theory is correct do you suspect I will someday show up here as a
chick with a tambourine?
>
> -Mark Bole
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