The people who top-post -- and I'm one of them, unless I remember to switch styles for the Linux audience (ok, for SOME of the Linux audience) -- DO tend to be Windows users. But, you COULD ask yourself why that is so. People deserve the O/S (and the mailer) that they *deserve*
On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 03:11:07PM +0100, Kevin McLauchlan wrote: [sniped] perhaps?
So, based on that, what you are saying -- by badmouthing Windows users in general -- is that you prefer to keep Linux in the minority ghetto. You don't WANT it to make its way onto the desktops of the business drones of the world. That would destroy its cachet of "specialness" or whatever. Again, people use the O/S they deserve. I realize that it is to the various distributions benefit to dumb linux down to attract new users, after all they are profit motivated. I just dislike seeing windows users bringing their bad habits into the linux world. I don't think it is right to expect linux to become increasingly more like windows, sorry.
If Windows users actually began using Linux in real life, you'd have to move on to BSD or something. Let's call them names and make them feel like the unwanted scum they are, instead. That's a bit of a reach isn't it? I mean, all is being asked is to respect the proper netiquette isn't it? How about just expecting new linux users to learn new, correct habits.
...it is bad manners to reply without editing/trimming. Yes, I agree. I think 5.6k emails are excessive.
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