Shamil Salakhetdinov
shamil at smsconsulting.spb.ru
Fri Sep 4 01:31:42 CDT 2009
Hi John, Thank you. Yes, mentioning KGB in "intelligent talks/chats"(which are not related to "secret services") insults people here. You know I did listen to "Voice of America" when a kid because my father did so, then I listened also to BBC because of rock-music concerts they broadcasted (and we had The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Huriah Heep even Black Sabbath etc. etc. on vinyl (a few lucky ones) and magnetic tapes - many others - still we listened to BBC because that was something unreal, another planet, which I never even expected to see by my own eyes... ...I have been there in "your world" now many times, I have lived and worked there, including the States, I now know from my own experience what your life is... ...unfortunately many people from "your world" still have "KGB Cliché" when talking about Russia and even when talking with Russians on topics not related to social and political issues - that your "KGB Cliché" helps nowadays Russian officials to revive the "enemy image" of the Western World. Please take that into account... ..life is the same here, you know, especially for young active intelligent people - and they are free to go everywhere in this world, anytime - and I e.g. if I feel tired from my development routine work - I can drop into my car, drive for two hours and I'm in Finland and then if I have money and will I can drive through all the Europe till Lisbon on the West or Sicilia on the South as well as all my family members can do that as well as many other people living here... Sorry for off-topic "soap-box", ignore and forget KGB - that will help our kids to live in peace and to save this planet. Thank you. -- Shamil -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 1:43 AM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] XML Shamil, > Mentioning KGB here talking to me is not polite - it's like mentioning somebody's nationality which differ from the majority of audience or something like that - that's called "everyday racism", you know. I certainly did not intend to offend or insult. The KGB had a reputation like the CIA only much much more so. The Russia under which the KGB existed had a reputation for secrecy and isolationism that fit what I was trying to portray, which was intended to be humorous from start to finish. To portray a meeting under a mountain in the US protected by the CIA would have not had anywhere near the implied security (perhaps even humorous) because anybody from any nation could sit in a tree and watch the comings and goings. I guess I thought you would understand my intention as entirely humorous. The KGB was a monster, although given what the CIA has done in the last few years it is hard to argue that they are not a monster as well. Because of the "freedoms" in the US it is difficult to paint a picture of security anywhere close to "under a mountain in Russia protected by the KGB". You are my friend Shamil, I would never intentionally insult you. I think the US and much of the world now view what remains of Russia as a friendly nation, and I think we all understand that governments make policy that their people do not necessarily approve of. I used to be Republican, until the last Bush administration. At any rate, I truly did not understand how sensitive such a portrayal would be to you. My sincerest apologies. John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Shamil > Salakhetdinov > Sent: 03 September 2009 20:32 > To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' > Subject: Re: [AccessD] XML > > Hi John, > > The Open Document Format is not MS invention - > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument . > > We're not talking about storing XML data here we're talking about processing > it. > > The fact is that using XML to process and exchange *documents* is a way more > effective than using relational databases. > > Exporting relational data into XML format is not for "man's readability" but > to unify information exchange and processing... > > Thank you. > > -- > Shamil > > P.S. Forget spy movies - they are in the past. > It's Internet time now. (BTW, it was 40 years of first ARPANET connection > yesterday.) > Mentioning KGB here talking to me is not polite - it's like mentioning > somebody's nationality which differ from the majority of audience or > something like that - that's called "everyday racism", you know. > BTW, KGB is dead and their successor organization is called FSB (or in > English FSS - Federal Security Service.) > > P.P.S. FYI, here in St.Petersburg, Russia, they (GM) started production of > Chevrolet Cruz today, and this production is supported by Russian state, > which provides very attractive credits to the Russian citizens who will buy > this car - now say that KGB(FSS) is not interested nowadays in your country > economy as quick as possible getting out of economical crisis... Several > other GM's Chevrolet models are the most popular cars here for ordinary > people to purchase - and you can see them a lot here nowadays, as well as > several models of Ford cars, which are in production here for several > years... > > P.P.P.S. I've written several times here that nowadays Russian officials and > nowadays Russian politics are not what I wanted for my country but I belong > to a minority of population of this country who share democratic values > similar to your country ones - please do not mention KGB (FSS) when talking > to Russians, especially when you' re here - you risk to be ignored by > educated people and to be heavily beaten by less educated who hate KGB and > any mentioning of it as of being "part of true Russian character" can drive > them really crazy. KGB(FSS) is a part of communism monster, and communism > monster was seeded here from the West Europe. And it happened that the time > it was seeded here this country wasn't strong enough to resist - the price > for that temporary weakness was too high as we all know: best people of this > nation was killed, the rest was cheated by communistic leaders etc. - it's > not easy to get out of that "dark ages" but life is changing here to the > better, slowly for my life time but it does change to the better. Forget > KGB. __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4393 (20090904) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.esetnod32.ru