At 9:50 PM -0600 1/8/2000, David W. Tamkin wrote:
> When I wrote,
>
> T> Anyone incapable of answering email is no asset to a mailing list ...
>
> Chuq objected,
>
> V> Sorry, David, but that's a very bogus, elitist attitude.
>
> Not at all. People who won't write email don't contribute to the list,
> neither publicly nor privately.
First, you misrepresent my position. There's a huge difference
between "won't write email" and "can't master the jargon needed to
subscribe to a mailing list".
And second, lists are always supported by a few people, and the
majority (usually a huge majority) of users never contribute. Do you
encourage kicking off members who don't post to the list, too?
And third, there are more to mailing lists than discussion lists.
Sigh. Here we go again.
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