[GRLUG] Linux desktop marketshare

[Nathan]

Agreed.  There are far better things to worry about than how someone
composes an email.  Life is a little too short to get this worked up over
something so simple.

On Dec 13, 2007 11:35 AM, Rick Vargo <rick at vargo.org> wrote:

> You guys are jumping to conclusions with no basis here and attacking
> somebody because you don't like the way he posts.  An the funny part is
> that you are not attacking him because of the content but the format.
> This is very petty.  There is no reason to attack Bob for his messages.
> Maybe he is visually impaired and uses assistive devices but doesn't
> like to divulge that information?   There could be dozens of reasons his
> message format is the way it is...  If you get this infuriated over
> little things I would hate to see what happens if your kid spills
> something on the rug.  Do you beat them?  Please grow up and get back to
> topics of Linux.
>
> Rick
>
>
> Collin Kidder wrote:
> >> ignoring posts means the list is useless. if it's just a formating
> issue,
> >> contact them off list. if it's a matter of professionalism on the
> mailing
> >> list, contact an admin so violating parties can be removed.
> >>
> >> eah
> >> _______________________________________________
> >>
> >>
> >
> > I agree that ignoring posts really devalues the list. That's the whole
> > problem with Bob's posts: He's been told multiple times that it drives
> > people nuts and he still does it. Obviously having his posts valued does
> > not mean a lot to him. I don't care about top or bottom posting.
> > Personally I like top posting better but some people are really picky
> > and like bottom posting. That's fine, to each his own. Where the post
> > shows up relative to the quoted material is nowhere even close to as
> > annoying as
> >
> > reading a post
> > which is formatted
> > really small
> > so that it's really
> > annoying to read
> > the stupid thing.
> >
> >
> > Now, I haven't ignored any of Bob's posts or anyone elses posts on this
> > list but reasonable formatting of one's posts is really not that much to
> > ask. My only request is: please everyone, type your posts without any
> > more forced line breaks than necessary and I'll size my window the way I
> > want. Thank you!
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