On Wed, Jun 05, 2002 at 09:10:34AM +0800,
        Franck Alexis Chollet (Asst Prof) wrote:
>The recent SAMCO case, and its different avatar, prompt such a move before
>it's too late... unfortunately...

That actually wasn't the motivation for creating MEMS-business.  Most
business-related questions very quickly become one-on-one e-mail
interactions. The mems-talk list directs replies back to the list,
though, and I often had to reject posts that really should have been
sent privately.  Replies to MEMS-business messages will go to the
original poster, so most replies on that list will be private without
requiring moderator intervention.

My apologies for approving the original SAMCO posting, by the way.
Messages get approved in batches, and the first posting looked like an
innocuous question.  It was only a second message in the next batch
that made it clear the original posting was from a SAMCO employee.

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