Don Maslin/Archiving system software

John A. wrote... Eh, I don't think that's entirely fair. But then I do tend to take negatives about the list perhaps more personally than I should. For every 50 people insisting that someone be removed, there's 50 more insisting I can't. We shall see. But more to the point... I don't have a litmus test for someone joining the list. They don't have to write a report saying why they belong on classiccmp. I get rather disheartened when someone joins the list who perhaps shouldn't be. But on the other hand... perhaps we should be in some cases more tolerant of young people who actually want to join the list and get into the topic. That will help our hobby grow after we are gone. All that said, I am not terribly happy with the current discourse. I've seen a lot of angst lately on the list, some of it mine - and I apologize for that. Let's try to keep it more professional and courteous. Jay