Re: [ilugd] Bill Gates got Windows 1.0 source-code from trash-bin

2008-06-29 Thread PJ
shirish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > First of all sorry for cross-posting the same query on so many lists. So don't do that then. It irritates people and gets you bad karma. > I read somewhere couple of days ago that Bill Gates actually got his > source-code from some trash-bin It's distort

Re: [ilugd] [OT] Difference between cross-post and multi-post

2008-06-29 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 30-Jun-08, at 9:57 AM, shirish wrote: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-post > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-posting > > I am confused, would my message be treated as cross-post as kenneth > says or > should it be a multi-post, the distinctions are not clear. wikipedia is not a sour

Re: [ilugd] Bill Gates got Windows 1.0 source-code from trash-bin

2008-06-29 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 30-Jun-08, at 9:40 AM, shirish wrote: > Lemme first clear the air. I cross-posted to 2 mailing lists. I am sure I saw both chennai and mumbai > Now if I > get a satisfied answer from one mailing list , should I just shut up > or should I also make an attempt to let the other mailing list kno

Re: [ilugd] [OT] Difference between cross-post and multi-post

2008-06-29 Thread shirish
Hi all, Another thing I know both the articles are written from usenet perspectives. From what little I know usenet are the forefathers of modern mailing lists, so the above should apply to mailing lists as well I guess. -- Regards, Shirish Agarwal This email is licensed under http://creativec

[ilugd] [OT] Difference between cross-post and multi-post

2008-06-29 Thread shirish
Hi all, Was reading http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-post http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-posting I am confused, would my message be treated as cross-post as kenneth says or should it be a multi-post, the distinctions are not clear. Another one [quote : Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/w

Re: [ilugd] Bill Gates got Windows 1.0 source-code from trash-bin

2008-06-29 Thread shirish
Replies in-line > Message: 8 > Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:51:31 +0530 > From: Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [ilugd] Bill Gates got Windows 1.0 source-code from >trash-bin > To: The Linux-Delhi mailing list > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain;

Re: [ilugd] Bill Gates got Windows 1.0 source-code from trash-bin

2008-06-29 Thread Smruti
On 6/29/08, Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 29-Jun-08, at 7:39 PM, Smruti M wrote: > > > Oh..com'n guys grow up. Give it a rest. > > > what exactly does that mean? I got 4-5 copies of his posts as I was > subscribed to many of the lists to which he crossposted. And now I > see

Re: [ilugd] Bill Gates got Windows 1.0 source-code from trash-bin

2008-06-29 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 29-Jun-08, at 7:39 PM, Smruti M wrote: > Oh..com'n guys grow up. Give it a rest. what exactly does that mean? I got 4-5 copies of his posts as I was subscribed to many of the lists to which he crossposted. And now I see another batch - looks like he is making it a habit. Before making c

Re: [ilugd] Bill Gates got Windows 1.0 source-code from trash-bin

2008-06-29 Thread Smruti M
Oh..com'n guys grow up. Give it a rest. On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:39:34 +0530, Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 29-Jun-08, at 10:01 AM, shirish wrote: > >> >> Hi all, >> Kenneth, no an apology doesn't justify the cross-post. But if >> one wants >> to post to couple lists as

Re: [ilugd] Bill Gates got Windows 1.0 source-code from trash-bin

2008-06-29 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 29-Jun-08, at 10:01 AM, shirish wrote: >> and an apology justifies the cross-post? > > Hi all, > Kenneth, no an apology doesn't justify the cross-post. But if > one wants > to post to couple lists as possible to get the answer I don't see any > other way. mailing lists are meant for di