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Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 13:36:02 -0500
From: Jeff Bentley <jeffbentley@mi*.co*>
To: Rick Fincher <rnf@sp*.tb*.co*>, techdiver <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
Subject: Re: Clueless Fincher
Rick,
You know nothing about either project except for what you read
on the stupid Inet.

So.. your opinion is worth about how much?

Feel free to bitch and moan about something you know about
elsewhere...

Jeff

Rick Fincher wrote:

> >
> > yes Rick, this death is our fault... <snip>
>
> No Trout, it's not your fault. Never said it was. But this unproductive
pissing
> match you guys have going is not helping anybody.
>
> Let me give you two possible courses of action that you could have taken when
> you found out about Wak 2.
>
> 1. You could have said, "Hey guys we've been diving here for a long time and
any
> info you need in planning like, finding out about existing lines, existing
maps
> etc. we'll be happy to help out. We've also got a killer scooter design if you
> guys want to try it."
>
> 2. If you saw that they were screwed up you could have backed off and let them
> do it their way without comment. The end results would have showed the truth.
>
> If you guys really believe in doing this for scientific reasons then it would
be
> a cooperative effort, not the ego contest and turf battle it has degenerated
> into.
>
> You guys do some really great diving and have developed some really great
> techniques that have helped the whole sport.
>
> Why taint that legacy by appearing to be the guy standing there with a bloody
> knife in your hand after backstabbing these other guys and saying, "See I told
> you they couldn't do it".
>
> You'd be better off to be able to say when all was said and done, "We tried to
> give them a helping hand but they still couldn't pull it off".
>
> I could respect that. I can't respect they way you guys have behaved to date.
>
> Rick
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