Just saw this Paul, might help with the switch http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/13/stuck-on-hotmail-gmail-just-made-it-incredibly-easy-to-switch/
On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 7:36 PM, Paul Saenz <[email protected]>wrote: > Mark Traceur > > >Heh, you guys...I was just offering advice, not aware that it's a > mandatory thing for Hotmail slaves to have ads in their signatures. I'm just > spoiled by >Gmail :) and in return I use next to nothing of my storage > space! > > yeah I'm gonna get a gmail account. > > >I hate seeing you guys poking fun at people, I always feel like Linux > should be a shelter for anyone who wants it (it's just a shot away) and that > (even >good-natured) ribbing should be kept to a minimum. I guess it's not > the most fun opinion to have, but it's the best one for the community at > large. > > LOL Yeah, these guys will rib you until you can take it no more: put you > down, trash you, chew you up and spit you out, and make sure that you know > you're stupid, but I don't mind, I've been abused all my life. I'm used to > it. Did you not see the way they dogged Jeff Lassman over the last week > because he didn't know how to put kalarm on his ubuntu gnome? > > But then again, he may have never solved his problem if they dadn't bitched > him out. Oh, and it is very important how you use words on this list, > because if you say anything that is racist or sexist you will be in deep > s#*t. Therefore, I must include my disclaimer: bitch in no way refers to any > femal human. It is strictly referring to the males who bitched Jeff out last > week. They are the bitches! There were no females involved in that > bitchfest. > > > > > On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 3:08 PM, Chris Louden <[email protected]>wrote: > > Mark, > > We have been politely jabbing at Paul and his hotmail account for some > time. He is well aware that some of us on the list are offended by it. > As well I don't believe he has any control on what is inserted to the > end of his mail or whether it is inserted or not (which is typical MS > to me). > > In any case if that's the mail system he chooses to use that's the one > he is going to use. While we would prefer he didn't its better for us > to take the higher ground and not dictate which service he uses. > Somewhere in the open source guide there is a statement about > tolerance. > > That being said I'm still going to make playful comments on his > signature advertisements any chance i get. > > > -Chris > > > Hotmail® now made with non-genetically modified soy beans. > > > On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 2:53 PM, Mark Traceur <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I see. I'd suggest getting rid of your hotmail signature...a bit silly to > > post to a Linux mailing list and advertise a Microsoft product! Sorry if > my > > question was a bit personal, I was confused by your two posts this > morning, > > as the first was rejected by the rest of the community fairly quickly and > > this one seemed pretty simple. Anyway, I hope I answered your question > and > > good luck to ye! > > > > --Mark > > > > _______________________________________________ > > LinuxUsers mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > > > > > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > > > > ------------------------------ > Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! Don’t worry about storage limits. Check > it > out.<http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Storage?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Storage1_052009> > > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > > -- Peter Manis (678) 269-7979
