Re: The Death of PBM

From: spamfree@metropolis.net.au (Henry Penninkilampi)

Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0000

In article <936792260.15954.0.nnrp-07.9e989556@news.demon.co.uk>, "Steve
Pritchard" <steve@spelbind.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> >Just around the corner then.
> >Exeter based here.
>
> So you are going to write a world beating PBM, you are UK based,  and you
> didn't even now the address of Flagship?
>
> What in that statement suggests that you haven't really done at all that
> much research into your new venture?

<FLAME>

Grow up Steve, and stop being so petty.

No-one gives a rats about the physical location of Flagship.  Even if they
*are* subscribers, all they care about is the quality of the magazine and
the regularity with which issues reach their doorstep.  Knowing (or not
knowing) the address of Flagship means absolutely nothing.

If you've got nothing better to do that sit one UseNet all day and
nit-pick, then you really need to go out and get a life.  Take up
worm-farming or something.

The last thing that someone in *your* position should be doing is pissing
in the pocket of every person who is enthusiastic about a new idea, has a
different viewpoint, or somehow challenges the status quo.  If you want
your darling industry to survive then you need to start encouraging new
blood to have a go.  Hell, you might even want to consider getting off
your arse and *helping* them, rather than revelling in complacency like a
pig in swill.

Who cares how long you've been doing this, or how sucessful you've been.
Big, fat dinosaurs ruled the Earth once, undisputed, and they got wiped
out.  Overnight.  Only the species that were flexible enough to adapt to
the new conditions survived.  Well, guess what buddy-boy?  The Internet
has brought with it an entirely new set of conditions.  If you want to
survive then you need to be flexible and adapt.  That means opening your
mind to new ideas, hedging your bets with new approaches, not burning down
bridges *before* you come to them, and certainly not burning down bridges
just to spite everyone else who thinks differently.

The same applies to a stack of other old-timers in this newsgroup that
have their heads in the sand and arses in the air, just waiting to get
booted.  Carol wrote some tripe about PBM not being dead until the Rumours
column of Flagship dries up.  What a pathetically narrow, blinkered and
coloured view.  "The industry's not dead until our little magazine says it
is."  God, how arrogant!

Do you people ever listen to yourselves?

</FLAME>

Henry.

References

Re: The Death of PBM
Ken Mulholland <Ken@timepatternspbm.demon.co.uk>
Wed, 08 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The Death of PBM
nospam@here.please (Evilb)
Wed, 08 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The Death of PBM
"Steve Pritchard" <steve@spelbind.demon.co.uk>
Wed, 08 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0000
The state of pbm
nospam@here.please (Evilb)
Tue, 07 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The state of pbm
Carol Mulholland <Carol@flagship-uk.demon.co.uk>
Tue, 07 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0000
The Death of PBM
"Mark Grimbley" <doctor@grimbley.freeserve.co.uk>
Tue, 07 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The Death of PBM
kevin@okeefe.u-net.com (Bobbins)
Tue, 07 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The Death of PBM
"Mark Grimbley" <doctor@grimbley.freeserve.co.uk>
Tue, 07 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

Re: The Death of PBM
Ken Mulholland <Ken@timepatternspbm.demon.co.uk>
Wed, 08 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The Death of PBM
nospam@here.please (Evilb)
Wed, 08 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The Death of PBM
"Steve Pritchard" <steve@spelbind.demon.co.uk>
Wed, 08 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0000
The state of pbm
nospam@here.please (Evilb)
Tue, 07 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The state of pbm
Carol Mulholland <Carol@flagship-uk.demon.co.uk>
Tue, 07 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0000
The Death of PBM
"Mark Grimbley" <doctor@grimbley.freeserve.co.uk>
Tue, 07 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The Death of PBM
kevin@okeefe.u-net.com (Bobbins)
Tue, 07 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The Death of PBM
"Mark Grimbley" <doctor@grimbley.freeserve.co.uk>
Tue, 07 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0000