> Soon I'll need groff so I subscribed to this mailing list. I've
> read many interesting and useful things here but after the latest
> posts I am not sure that I would dare to ask a question at
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sometimes people underestimate the tone of a post. This happens to
everyone.
> "Now, why on earth would you do this????"
> "Why are you messing up with the carefully tuned system files."
> "But I also didn't mess up anything ..."
> "People have already told you..."
> "... as I told you before..."
> "I always thought OpenBSD users know better than this."
>
> put you on a pedestal (that you may richly deserve), but they also
> make the recipient's face red.
Mhmm, please bear in mind that many posters don't have English as a
mother tongue and that a post which should have a neutral sound gets a
harsh tone due to lacking language abilities.
An additional factor is that many people simply don't have the time
(or aren't willing) to reread what they've written. I do, for
example, but at the cost of working extremely slowly. Answering
emails eats most of the time which I can afford for working with my
computer, given that I have a family and a job which isn't related to
the IT business at all.
> He is not likely to come back for another serving, you have just
> turned a friend into an enemy.
Well, this is an exaggeration IMHO. If we all feel like this there
won't be *any* newsgroup or mailing list -- shit happens, from time to
time...
> I wish you good luck and less use of destructive phrasing.
Indeed.
Werner
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