Re: Debian User List
On Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 06:12:56PM EDT, Amy Templeton wrote:
> Greg Folkert wrote:
> > > > Okay. So I guess the DU ML should just close up shop
> > > > and be done with it.
>
> s. keeling wrote:
> > > Nah, the kids these days think MLs are old hat and
> > > frumpy compared to web forums.
>
> Paul Johnson wrote:
> > No, kids are lazy and don't want to learn how to research,
> > or do the research themselves.
>
> Y'know, that may be true of many people, older and younger,
> but I'd just like to stick up for some of the people my age.
> There definitely are those who tend to think that forums are
> much worse for communication than are mailing lists, and
> also those who are more than willing to do some research in
> order to get things working right and/or improve upon them
> (if there's room). I promise.
>
> > > You can't point and click on anything in slrn or mutt.
>
> > Isn't that why there's icedove, sylpheed, kmail...?
>
> See, I guess that's part of the weirdness of being me, but
> personally I try to turn off any "feature" that requires me
> to use the mouse in order to access it. So again, "kids
> these days" aren't *all* about flash and fancy show.
>
> Just putting in two cents,
> Amy
Thanks, Amy .. you make my day.
What were these gentlemen doing when the likes of William Gates and
Stephen Jobs confiscated the promise of computers to turn it into yet
another dehumanizing appliance..?
Catching a nap, perhaps?
Thanks,
cga
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