Bottom and mid-posting are legacy architectures with a few desperate
dinosaurs still clinging to them.
The Fortunate 500 is a global thing, not an American thing these days.
Many of the corporations in it are not American, and all of them are
hoping to one day get in it.
On Thu, 2011-06-02 at 00
On 2011-06-01 10:10 AM, Zoltán Kócsi wrote:
> By the way, some 20 years ago I thought that this whole top-posting
> nonsense was sorted out once and for all after a handful of really
> massive flame wars on USENET, crossposted all over the place and people
> getting so sick and tired of the whole t
On Wed, 1 Jun 2011 10:52:42 +0100 (BST)
Tom Davies wrote:
> Hi :)
> I don't think there are people arguing that top-posting MUST be the
> ONLY way. On the contrary, we are pointing out that if the product is
> to be used by more people than are currently using it, especially if
> we want office w
>Tom Davies
>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 02:53:39 -0700
>Hi :)
>I don't think there are people arguing that top-posting MUST be the ONLY way.
>On the contrary, we are pointing out that if the product is to be used by more
>people than are currently using it, especially if we want office workers to use
>it, th
. Is Libre about freedom or about restrictions?
Regards from
Tom :)
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To: users@libreoffice.org
Sent: Wed, 1 June, 2011 8:36:03
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] [OT Top/Bottom posting] Re: Sun Weblog
Publisher broken
An incredible topic of discu
On Wed, 1 Jun 2011 08:36:03 +0100, e-letter wrote
Re Re: [libreoffice-users] [OT Top/Bottom posting] Re: Sun Weblog
Publisher broken:
>An incredible topic of discussion...
Indeed it has been. It enabled me to easily identify and add several
top-posting morons to my plonk list. Now I can av
An incredible topic of discussion...
Presumably because Americans do not use A4, everyone else must stop also.
Similarly, majority of people on this planet understand implicitly
yy/mm/dd or dd/mm/yy, but because Americans do not by default,
everyone else must adhere to what the Americans are doin
On Tue, 31 May 2011 12:09:25 -0400, Tanstaafl
wrote Re Re: [libreoffice-users] [OT
Top/Bottom posting] Re: Sun Weblog Publisher broken:
>On 2011-05-31 11:20 AM, Lindsay Graham wrote:
>> I get so sick of being forced to page down to see the latest text that,
>> unless it
On 2011-05-31 11:20 AM, Lindsay Graham wrote:
> I get so sick of being forced to page down to see the latest text that,
> unless it is a subject in which I am particularly interested, I will
> often delete the message unread if the latest contribution is not
> visible on the first screen page.
As
lives seem to have meaning...Think Glen Beck and Fox News
On Tue, 2011-05-31 at 23:20 +0800, Lindsay Graham wrote:
> Original Message
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] [OT Top/Bottom posting] Re: Sun Weblog
> Publisher broken
> Date: Tue, 31 May 2
Original Message
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] [OT Top/Bottom posting] Re: Sun Weblog
Publisher broken
Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 09:04:19 -0400
From: Tanstaafl
To: users@libreoffice.org
On 2011-05-31 8:50 AM, Earl Melton wrote:
I don't know about [devel
Top posting and full quoting has been the written policy at every
Fortune 500 company I've consulted at in the past 20+ years. It's in
that little policy guide handed to every new consultant and new
employee...you know...the one you are supposed to read BEFORE you do
anything.
On Mon, 2011-05-30
On 2011-05-31 8:50 AM, Earl Melton wrote:
> I don't know about [developers], but it sure wastes the hey out of
> [my] time. When you've read ten or more messages with the same
> subject line, you've got a fair idea what the next reply is about.
> Read the poster's comment, then scroll -- if necess
To: users@libreoffice.org
Sent: Mon, May 30, 2011 11:15:53 PM
Subject: [libreoffice-users] [OT Top/Bottom posting] Re: Sun Weblog Publisher
broken
On 05/30/2011 06:58 AM, Roland Hughes wrote:
...
> Bottom posting wastes vast quantities of developers time scrolling to
> the end. Full quoti
On 05/30/2011 06:58 AM, Roland Hughes wrote:
...
> Bottom posting wastes vast quantities of developers time scrolling to
> the end. Full quoting is a policy mandated by most major corporations
> and IT organizations because it allows management (and the legal team)
> to jump into the conversation
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