I understand John. I apologize for my post. I was the one that replied
with the quoted text below. When I read your original post, I was putting
myself in the position of the person that you were replying to and it just
struck me the wrong way. I'll try and not be so sensitive like that any
more. :)
-Bill
----- Original Message -----
From: John Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, October 10, 1999 1:01 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Can't run MODEMTOOL
> On Sat, 09 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> > I understand that was what he was doing, but the ALL CAPS part can make
a
> > person feel like they are being yelled at or that he (John) was getting
> > tired of repeating himself, or that the person was ignorant for thinking
> > that Mandrake was Red Hat. By all means, there is nothing wrong with
> > educating someone or pointing out a mis-understanding, but I felt that
John
> > was cursing this person for thinking that Mandrake was Red Hat. Maybe
if he
> > had thrown in a smiley face somewhere, his original reply would not have
> > been mis-interpreted by someone such as me.
> >
> As the person in question here, I feel obligated to state my reasons
> for typing it that way. Yes, I realize that all-caps is considered
> yelling. However, it can also be used for emphasis. Too many times I
> have seen people say "Mandrake (really RedHat)" or something to that
> effect. I was just trying to make it "abundantly clear" that Mandrake
> is NOT synonymous with RedHat, at least not anymore.
> I also think that MacMillan has done Mandrake a disservice by
> describing Mandrake as "RedHat with enhancements." (direct quote from
> the box.)
> Perhaps Mandrake folks need to have a word with MacMillan and ask
> them to stop advertising it as "RedHat with enhancements."
>
