Re: Reason #14749 to hate gmail (was Re: List Ettiquette)
On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 10:55 PM, Ron Johnson<ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
> On 2009-08-29 22:45, Neal Hogan wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 10:41 PM, Ron Johnson<ron.l.johnson@cox.net>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 2009-08-29 22:31, Neal Hogan wrote:
>>>>
>>>> <using gmail . . . rich formatting . . . clicked "repy to all">
>>>> <oh . . . and this is top-posted>
>>>> get over the email format!
>>>
>>> I know. Lost that war a long time ago...
>>>
>>>> gmail provides a nice gui-riffic format that many feel comfortable
>>>> using. I don't get where this complaining about client usage is going.
>>>> If you a want more "pure" OS, then . . . ummmm . . . go somewhere
>>>> else.
>>>>
>>>> Ron (et al) . . . you seem to have no problem responding to the
>>>> majority of posts to this list. Is it really a matter of principle? We
>>>> understand that you "hate" gmail, but when you respond to this post
>>>> you will be admitting that it has no real affect on the overall debain
>>>> project.
>>>>
>>>> </top posting is an issue . . . not a gmail issue>
>>>> </I hope that you can read this>
>>>
>>> Huh?
>>
>> Just closing the gmail message (i.e., failed joke). I guess it should
>> have been past tense.
>>
>
> Makes it difficult (impossible?) to find the correct thread to reply to...
???
I didn't change the thread subject. I suspect it's too late for me to
get your wit (if you're offering any).
I guess the point is (which you seem to agree to) is that there is no
point in fighting the gmail-thing on this list. You are a valuable
participant who doesn't seem to need all debian users to be ~mutt
users to be the recipients of you insights.
In the end, it's their/my loss.
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