It took a few minutes of reasoning for me, but I think Paul is right. The
reasons I had in mind concerning my/our policy of information are *NOT*
obvious, and it is certainly better to have some open discussion.

I suggest, I will summarize the responses adressed to myself after
collecting for a couple of days, unless the sender explicitly insists on
staying anonymous. To my knowledge, this is well established practice in a
couple of media like this.


        Uli Flenker
        Institute of Biochemistry
        German Sports University Cologne
        Carl-Diem-Weg 6

        50933 Cologne / Germany

        Phone 0049/0221/4982-493


On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, D.P.Kennedy wrote:

> Dear listmembers
>
> I for one would like to know what users think about certain manufacturer's
> machines (so would they probably)!
> Let's not keep it to ourselves. The whole point of the list is to have
> information passed on to other listmembers.
>
> So hopefully someone will come up with some thoughts/info on the GC/C/IRMS
> combinations and put it on the list.
>
> Thanks
> Paul
> --
>
>
> Paul Kennedy
>
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