On Sun, 22 Apr 2007, Abigail wrote:
On Sun, Apr 22, 2007 at 03:20:42PM +0100, Andrew Black - lists wrote:
Abigail wrote:
Oh, it's not just merkins think the entire world is like them.
Most Europeans also think every has both a first and a last name.
That is a fair point. I had to create an account on our server for a
guy from Bangalore who was listed in our coporate address book as
Lastname: IndianName
Forename: EnglishForename
But he signed his emails IndianName.
Our covention is to use AndrewB as the account name (OK for a small
team, doesnt scale well corporately). My collegues said he MUST be
called EnglishForename. I said I wasn't sure and I want to talk to him
first to find out what he is normally called.
In the company I work for, the standard is 'firstname.lastname', both
as email address, and as username for various services.
which still doesnt scale very well. since firstname.lastname2 just looks
silly and for that matter the . will probably confuse some things. Also
quite frankly its far too long as a username.
im fond of first initial last initial then a number. eg bw1
then have aliases for email.
Luckely, the company I work for is geeky enough to make an exception
for me.
Abigail
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