Neal Hogan wrote:
<using gmail . . . rich formatting . . . clicked "repy to all">
<oh . . . and this is top-posted>
get over the email format!
It's called being polite, and putting other people's needs ahead of your own.
It's not a bad thing, it's a human thing.
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.
It's not a question of 'pure', it's a question of standards. The reason we are
all able to communicate is that we all agree to a standard set of symbols to
convey meaning. If someone comes on here and starts asking us to forgive the
fact that they use different letters than we do, we're gonna say 'go f
yourself', and with good reason.
Standards are the reason we're all here. Standards are the reason we use things
like Debian. Standards are the reason that Debian works.
Can people deviate? Yes. Is it a good thing for people to deviate from
standards once in awhile? Absolutely. Should they be surprised or confused when
someone calls them on it? Not if they have a working brain.