Robert, I'm sorry on-list too! I think what you are doing is wonderful. Thanks.
Kurt Sperry Bellingham WA USA
On 6/10/07, Mark Bulgier <Mark@bulgier.net> wrote:
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>
> Kurt Sperry wrote:
> >
> > What's up with the password protected content like the Cool Gear!
> > brochure on wooljersey? That seems a little paranoid to say the
> least.
> > Someone unauthorised might see the secret Cool Gear! brochure- oh
> > nooooo!
>
> Maybe this should be off-list, but Kurt seems to be unfairly taunting
> the good fella who scanned that stuff, so I want to stick up for him
> publicly.
>
> A word of advice: If you like getting all this historical stuff scanned
> and put up on the web for you for free, please don't criticize the way
> the people doing it choose to release it. Robert is scanning a TON of
> stuff and it's a lot of work. At the risk of putting words in his
> mouth, I believe he has high standards for the stuff he releases, and
> wants to get everything cleaned up, rotated, cropped, resized, formatted
> and optimized before he puts it out for everyone. It was NICE of him to
> release the Cool Gear stuff early to one guy who asked for it, but he's
> under no obligation to release it to everyone else before it's ready.
>
> Now tell Robert you're sorry! :)
>
> Mark Bulgier
> Seattle WA USA