From mr6e+@andrew.cmu.edu Thu Jun 29 12:36:58 1995 Date: Thu, 29 Jun 1995 13:32:44 -0400 (EDT) From: Martin Rimm To: hoffman@colette.ogsm.vanderbilt.edu (Donna Hoffman) Subject: Re: Ph.D. programs, Internet-BBS study, various Cc: Marvin Sirbu Content-Length: 927 Let me first apologize for the Web page. The person who put that up had done so accidentally. I instructed him to remove it and all references to you immediately. It was only up for an hour or so, and once again, I apologize. Second, I corresponded with you last year because I noticed you had begun to do some pioneering research on the World Wide Web. I respected your work then and I still respect you and your efforts. Third, analysis and criticism of research are part of the time-honored academic tradition. I am sure your comments about the Carnegie Mellon study will be constructive and useful in informing the debate in an open and honest way. I welcome your views on the Carnegie Mellon study, not because I think the study is a perfect piece of research (as few published works are), but because it reports some interesting findings which have never been formally documented before. Cordially, Marty Rimm