[iyonix-support] Re: RO 5.12 and alt-rename bug
- From: John Chetwynd <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 08:01:09 +0100
In message <d5356d784e.mickd@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
m.f.dunford@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> In message <4e786595dddgs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> dgs <dgs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> On 19 Oct, Steve Fryatt <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> On 18 Oct, Dave Higton wrote in message
>>> <d984e3774e.davehigton@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> ...
>>> > I'm sure I remember taking John to task a long time ago about his
>>> > apparent bias against Castle, and how this didn't sit well with his
>>> > position as editor of a RISC OS magazine.
>>
>> I did too. This was face to face, and indeed also in the presence of
>> Colin C-B, who writes some of the editorial style pages.
>>
>> I got a very unreceptive response from both.
>>
>>> Likewise; ISTR that I was accused of being unreasonable.
>>>
>>> I note with interest that, according to the news pages of Qercus 277, the
>>> Iyonix has all but been killed off by RoHS (but you can buy an A9
>>> instead).
>>
>> This sort of "reporting" is very unfortunate, particularly as I was hoping
>> that Qercus' return would see a different approach.
>>
>> I suppose we're now off-topic for this list...
>>
> Reading his emails reminded me of a what happens when a record gets
> stuck in a groove (or a rut). I'm not sure that I agree with him, but
> an English teacher of mine once claimed that the only difference
> between a rut and a grave is a matter of depth. Clearly we are
> off-topic but John Cartmell could certainly do with a new perspective
> on the RISC-OS world: I had no idea what I was subscribing to until I
> read the latest issue (whose arrival almost made me fall over
> backwards).
>
Well at least you have received yours, I am still waiting...
--
John Chetwynd
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