Dear Ford,
  That was great, just one thing-who is the
dog and who are the seagulls???  -Sarah

Ford wrote:
Alluding to the analogy that I believe Russ Allison made a while back,
...the dog has now run through the flock of seagulls and returned home.  It
is time for the birds to settle back down on the beach and go about their
business, while the tide ebbs and flows peacefully until it is time, once
again, for the dog to be let out to run along the shore.    :)

Barry Rittman wrote:

> Might I suggest that we discontinue the discussion re vendors?
> Most vendors have, and will continue to use their common sense in their
> interactions with the Histonet.
> Let us get back to the business that this Histonet is famous for, the
> dissemination of knowledge and the availability of expertise in several
> fields.
> thank you.