Dear XS crunchers,

Your combined efforts have been really important to what we are trying to accomplish! I'm sorry that the discussions of the new credit system have gotten so out of hand, the last thing of course we want is to alienate the people who have been contributing so much. I didn't anticipate this at all.

I think that after we make the transition (there will be no backdating) everybody will be happier as the credits will more accurately report what a computer has accomplished and for computer hardware experts interested in maximizing performance comparisons will be more meaningful.

I think that the main problems have been not with the proposed system itself but with all the discussions it has provoked. I'm thinking we should just remove these threads from our boards. What do you think?

thanks again,

David