Re: Wanted or Unwanted Press Releases in the Technology
From: Edward Zabrek, M.D. (stork@flash.net)
Sat, 18 Jul 1998 16:06:51 -0500
I will forward this to the tech group.
Ed
At 07:32 AM 7/18/98 -0700, you wrote:
>I wanted to extend my personal apologies to you for
>unintentionally creating this ruckus. Such was not my
>intent.
>
>If I can be of any assistance, please let me know.
>
>Steve
>
>Steven D. Spratt: email stevespratt@dictation-station.com
>Managing Member/Operations
>Dictation Station, LLC
>http://www.dictation-station.com
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Edward Zabrek, M.D. <stork@flash.net>
>To: Multiple recipients of list <technology@talk.obgyn.net>
>Date: Saturday, July 18, 1998 1:51 PM
>Subject: Wanted or Unwanted Press Releases in the Technology
>Section of
>
>>I would like to reiterate what Bruce wrote. As are all
>technogeeks, I get
>>excited about new techologies and can't wait to share the
>news with the
>>group. Unfortunately, I hear about alot of things before
>they are actually
>>released. I feel that the next best thing is to share a
>pertinent press
>>release with the tech group, knowing that I will be
>receiving and reviewing
>>the final product in the following months (after I have had
>a chance to
>>throroughly use and evaluate it). I, personally enjoy
>reading early press
>>announcements so that I can anticipate the future of
>technolgy. If, as a
>>group, you find this objectionable, please let me know and
>if indicated, I
>>will cease this process of early tech announcement with
>company press
>>releases attached.
>>
>>Sincerely,
>>Ed
>>
>>At 02:23 AM 7/18/98 -0500, you wrote:
>>>At 04:56 PM 7/17/98 -0500, Richard Lowensohn wrote:
>>>>Most of the messages have been coming in a mime format
>which my reader,
>>>for one,
>>>>can't handle. For ob-gyn-l we long ago agreed to try to
>keep to plain text.
>>>
>>>Yes, good advice, messages which are distributed to a list
>of subscribers
>>>should be sent in plain text and not MIME. This also
>means NOT sending
>>>email attachments like word documents to an entire list.
>For documents,
>>>send them to me first and I will put them up on a FTP
>server which can then
>>>be referenced. (note: some mailers don't call it MIME but
>rather HTML,
>>>don't send messages in HTML)
>>>
>>>>Could we do that here, as well? In any case, this seems
>to have
>>>degenerated into
>>>>an "advertised product of the month" rather than a
>discussion of
>>>technology....
>>>
>>>The origin of the Dragon Dictate review was a conversation
>I had with Ed
>>>Zabrak and Geff Levy while at ACOG in May. We decided
>then that this was
>>>an important technology, especially given the upcoming
>Medical Suite, to
>>>present to our OBGYN.net community of medical
>professionals. Ed followed
>>>up this conversation by obtaining the software and has
>begun to use it
>>>along with submitting reviews to this forum. Note, we
>approached them and
>>>not the other way around. This is not a paid or unpaid
>product
>>>advertisement but a regular technology presentation by Dr.
>Zabrak and
>>>OBGYN.net.
>>>
>>>Also please note that Steve Spratt immediately followed up
>his message
>>>which contained marketing material with an apology that he
>hadn't realized
>>>he was replying to the entire list.
>>>
>>>That is an easy mistake to make because most of the
>discussion lists we
>>>have setup on OBGYN.net are configured to default to
>replying to the list
>>>so as to keep the conversation threads going.
>Occasionally that causes a
>>>message to go to the list that should have been private.
>>>
>>>I hope this message clears up any confusion that may have
>happenned.
>>>Regards, Bruce
>>>
>>>>Richard Lowensohn MD
>>>>Depts Ob/Gyn and Medical Informatics & Outcomes Research
>>>>Oregon Health Sciences University
>>>>lowensoh@ohsu.edu
>>>
>>>--
>>>Bruce Speyer Home of OBGYN.net
>>>Elecomm Internet Applications Physician Directed Network
>>>512-231-0810, FAX: 512-372-4320 for Women's Health
>>>URL: http://www.elecomm.com http://www.obgyn.net
>>>EMAIL: bruce.speyer@elecomm.com bruce.speyer@obgyn.net
>>>
>>
>
