Re: [libreoffice-users] [OT Top/Bottom posting] Re: Sun Weblog Publisher broken

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, then we have to be prepared for many of those to be unused to bottom 
posting.

I am sick of this argument.  I have never been so brow-beaten or bullied in the 
supposedly Open world that supposedly encourages free-thinking and diversity.  
Instead it seems that LibreOffice is very restrictive, at least on the users 
list if nowhere else.  Is Libre about freedom or about restrictions?
Regards from
Tom :)




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Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] [OT Top/Bottom posting] Re: Sun Weblog 
Publisher broken

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 doing.

Whatever is the policy, strategy of a fortune 500 company (whatever
that means), you will do as they do, or expect the American army to
arrive and enforce their rules. Resistance is futile...

The fact is, organisers have made certain decisions (preferential use
of mailing lists, disdain for web forums, advice to post comments for
advice, etc.) and people have chosen to complain that they don't like
these decisions.

In the world of free software, there is nothing to stop such people
from creating their own new fork; with that some suggestions:

Create a new office software suite, call it something like "peopleoffice".
Specify top posting as the rule by which help/advice will only be offered.
Better still, avoid mailing list altogether and use a bulletin board
software platform.
Go away from LO.
Good luck.

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