Re: DEVEL-THEORY

Peter Kerby (mailto:xbe63@DIAL.PIPEX.COM)
Sun, 26 Jan 1997 01:11:57 -0800

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Date:         Sun, 26 Jan 1997 01:11:57 -0800
From: Peter Kerby <mailto:xbe63@DIAL.PIPEX.COM>
Subject:      Re: DEVEL-THEORY
To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>

> The reason we get into abstract discussions is the folks with experience,
> ideas and problems sit around waiting for answers instead of contributing.
>
> Kerry

You are right that too many people do not contribute. We are lucky that people like you do.

But I do still wonder if both 'technical' discussion and 'theoretical' discussion might benefit from separation to sister lists. I enjoy abstract discussion (though abstract opinion all too easily becomes polarised). But many who might contribute on practical problems are probably discouraged by the predominance of theory on the list.

Peter Kerby