Hi Duffy, First, let me say it has been quite pleasant dealing with you on this issue. I appreciate your even-headed approach.

My most sincere apologies for any personal inconvenience to you in this matter. The sole purpose of the request was just to ask you to delete a link to a site. We didn't intend or foresee any problems with the request, but there were and I believe a more detailed explanation is in order.

Agreed.

We here at Telecode were notified by Mr. Lancaster several weeks ago that he wished that the link(s) we had given to his site be removed. No reason was given, and of course, none was required.

Unfortunately in this case my policy was diametricaly opposed to yours. Unless somebody is a paying customer or has legal justification I don't comply with a great many external requests, I try to make as few as possible as well. I support a wide range of users and they specificaly request that I keep them up to date with what is going on in a variety of technology areas. Not only do I send a copius amount of forwards from various mailing lists, print sources, etc. but I also keep a webpage with some critical links to resources they have inquired about. Don's was one of them. [Deleted chronology]

I also remarked that I would do my best to contact and ask that the link be removed. I did this because it "appeared" to Mr. Lancaster that the both yours and our site were somehow "connected". Of which, there are not. We do not claim that there is any copyright infringement on you part and we also state openly that your are the "true and rightful owner of that page". We believe, because of the similarity of the pages, that we had a "responsibility" at least to ask that you remove the link. So, we did.

A sign of an honorable business.

Again, I apologize for any inconvenience in this matter.

Not a problem. Sounds like you have been the one inconvenienced by this the most. _______________________________________________________________________ | | | Speak the truth, but leave immediately after. | | | | Slovenian Proverb | | | | Jim Choate ravage@ssz.com | | The Armadillo Group www.ssz.com | | Austin, Texas, USA 512-451-7087 | |_______________________________________________________________________|