Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

[Ash Berlin]

On 15 Oct 2008, at 15:51, Emmanuele Bassi wrote:

> On Wed, 2008-10-15 at 15:24 +0100, Ash Berlin wrote:
>
>>>> Ah well, I suppose it was useful to some people while it lasted.  
>>>> Now
>>>> I guess it's gone the way of Plaxo.
>>>
>>> it's still somewhat useful to identify professionals asking
>>> questions on
>>> open source projects mailing list behind the @gmail.com smokescreen;
>>> or,
>>> at least, that's how I've been using it for a while.
>>>
>>> ciao,
>>> Emmanuele.
>>>
>>
>> Since when did professional mean that they didn't contribute anything
>> to open source projects?
>
>
> let me reply to your question with another question: and from which  
> part
> of my usage of the word "professionals" have you inferred any implied
> wrong doing on their (or mine, for that matter) side?
>
> ciao,
> Emmanuele.

The 'identify professionals' bit. Obviously just my cynical view of  
the world (i.e. why else would *I* want to identify them)

-ash