Many years ago we had this very same discussion.

For the record.

I have *always* considered your advice and work to *technically* superiour and in almost every case the best *technical* solution to whatever the problem is at hand. I have a lot of respect for your *technical* abilities, and for your commitment to society in general in spreading your knowledge.

However, I sometimes feel your solutions are not the best solutions for non-technical reasons - getting modules installed for example.

So often times I say to myself - Yes, Randal is right, but this, for me, works better for this reason.

And I think you can accept that, or at least in the past, you have done so.

But on a person to person level, I find you condescending, obnoxious, overbearing and belligerant. You assume inferiority in others, cannot accept critizism and are prone to paranioa. We have never gotten along, and may never get along.

Despite my feelings for you personally, I *do* find it refreshing that you do stick with your guns. I know how much abuse you take, and how it would be easier to bail out on a place like perlmonks, or the news groups. The fact that you haven't become warm and fuzzy to shed some of the abuse, and to recieve more accolades, that you have remained essentially, the same Randal I have known for over a decade, fighting the good fight, spreading technical knowledge, yes in a belligerant fashion, but openly and freely with whoever needs it, I find amazing.

So, to answer your question, "Thank you, keep up the good work, your answer is better than mine but I am going to do it my way anyway", with no expletives.

Regards,

EEjack