On Wed, 5 Aug 2009, Keith Edmunds wrote: > On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 12:35:31 +0000, a...@strugglers.net said: > >> PS is anyone else really put off by the use of "M$", "Micro$oft", >> "Microshaft" etc. in emails? > > Very much so. It's unprofessional (and to quote my teacher of years ago, > it isn't big and and it isn't clever). I'd like to think that Linux > devotees can rise above name calling.
Personally I have no problem with it. If someone used it all the time in any context that might be slightly annoying, but in a "Friday afternoon"/humorous/light hearted context I think it is entirely appropriate for the list. There are certainly a lot of things which annoy me a lot more, like top-posting, not trimming quoted content, HTML email etc. As for it being "unprofessional" well yes of course it is, I would never use it in an email to my boss or a customer, but this list isn't a professional forum, and again in the context of "friends" chatting amongst themselves on the list I see no issue with it. Andy -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
