OK. This has been beaten to death. I'm sorry I was a
little harsh. I appologize. Can we please end the
discussion?
-bmb-
Bruce McCulley wrote:
>
> It *was* a little harsh.
>
> Maybe you didn't intend it to sound that way, but that's how it was.
>
> I agree it would've been better if Lori had done some verification, but that's
> not sufficient cause to flame.
>
> It would have been much better to politely (not brusquely) point out that she
> could/should have avoided propogating a keyboard-transmitted disease, and even
> to have explained how to check (as several other folks did).
>
> Posting to a list without an iota of research is equally absurd to flaming
> without an iota of consideration or positive contribution. IMNSHO.
>
> --Bruce McCulley
>
> Brian Boerner wrote:
>
> > I disagree entirely. I feel that posting to a list without doing even
> > one
> > iota of research is absurd. I've always been more than willing to help
> > people help themselves, but Lori obviously made no attempt to verify
> > what
> > she was blindly forwarding to the rest of us. I apploligize if it
> > sounded
> > a bit harsh. Sometimes e-mail comes off differently when someone else
> > reads
> > it than how you intend it to sound.
> >
> > -bmb-
> >
> > > I suspect I'm about to start a flame war, or at least a lengthy off topic
> > > discussion. My apologies. I should also warn that I think my opionated
> > > nature is about to flare here.
> > >
> > > I find this mail to be unnecessary and inflamatory. Did Lori make a
> > > mistake? Perhaps. No more so than other folks that have been faked out
> > > by this message.
> > >
> > > However, I find the above response to be even less appropriate for this
> > > list. I've always been under the impression that the idea of Linux (and
> > > indeed, the entire open source community) was openness. Lori (I'm
> > > sure) has learned from the responses she's gotten. However responses like
> > > the above could well cause her to hesitate to post to the list at all -
> > > this is not "A Good Thing" (TM).
> > >
> > > -Cole
> >
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