RE: Summary of the QName to URI Mapping Problem

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ext pat hayes [mailto:phayes@ai.uwf.edu]
> Sent: 30 August, 2001 00:15
> To: Stickler Patrick (NRC/Tampere)
> Cc: www-rdf-logic@w3.org
> Subject: RE: Summary of the QName to URI Mapping Problem
> 
> 
> Patrick-
> 
> Please allow me to apologise for my comment about 'selling Nokia 
> stock' in my recent message to you. This was intended to be 
> understood as an (admittedly barbed) joke, but I should know better 
> than to rely on email to carry facial expressions. 

Smiley's tend to help avoid ambiguity ;-)

> In fact I 
> certainly wouldn't think of selling any Nokia stock in the present 
> financial climate

Is that another barbed joke at the present value of Nokia stock? ;-)
 
(a good sense of humor is a key asset in any standards-related endeavor)

> I suspect that there are cross-cultural differences between our 
> working environments. Living as I do in the hinterlands of academia, 
> I take umbrage at being accused of being naive; 

Apologies for any (unintended) offense on my part. I guess I also should 
use more explicit smileys ;-)

Regards,

Patrick

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