Re: Updating http://history.perl.org/PerlTimeline.html

On Apr 27, 2008, at 8:40 AM, Elaine Ashton wrote:
>
> On 26 Apr, 2008, at 23:52, Chris Dolan wrote:
>>
>> I also apologize for my stream-of-consciousness comments that  
>> started with "ugh" and ended with me acknowledging the value of  
>> the timeline.  The "ugh" came from reading 1969-1986, which seemed  
>> to have minimal relevance to Perl.  I should have written that  
>> more tactfully, making my respect more clear.
>
> Wow, you think that maybe "Ugh" might not be all that flattering a  
> comment? Perhaps there has been some progress afterall. Don't  
> worry, nobody has really noticed it for a decade and, if the  
> cyclical nature of this sort of thing holds, after all the fuss  
> over the timeline it will return to its obscurity until someone  
> else needs a fallow project to bash.
>
> I believe my no was very clear. No wiki. I'm not a big fan of them  
> to begin with and certainly not in this context.
>
> I'll welcome updates.
>
> I'll welcome fixed links and html.
>
> I'll welcome new content.
>
> If anything comes from that which, again, as my cynical *****sment  
> has proven time and again that such will not be forthcoming, I'll  
> entertain further ideas.
>
> e.

Elaine,

I offered you a very thorough apology.  Are you going to accept it  
and move on, or continue to flame me?

Chris