response 214 of 424:

Jan 21 18:14 UTC 2004

Jamie, I am not going to drop my proposal.

Your point #4 isn't relevant to my proposal, you know.

I've offered a clear way to avoid any ambiguity, any conflict between 
the two proposals, and to put the issues to the users in the most 
straightforward way.  I don't see any advantage to anyone in making it 
confusing.  I don't see any reason why we can't disagree but be 
collegial.  I'm not willing to give up my proposal just to get along, 
though.