Re: top and bottom - again. was (Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: new article - with quote from TDF.......)

True Scott,

Back in the 1980s business leaders around the world standardized on top
posting leaving the full message intact because each and every message
had the possibility of going to someone else when it came back.  All of
the commercial email readers (not just mickey mouse, but Lotus mail
from/by IBM) migrated to top posting by default BECAUSE THAT WAS CHOSEN
BY INDUSTRY LEADERS TO BE THE INDUSTRY PRACTICE.

Yes, we still have a few relics of a by-gone era whining and sniveling
that one should "properly trim" like Glenn Beck and Fox News to
completely change the meaning of sentences taken out of context so they
can add meaning to their own little worlds, but the industry has moved
on.  Top-posting has been the standard since the late 1980s when all of
the commercial email readers switched.

All of the young IT workers have been pointing and laughing at the
sniveling of an aging and dying minority demanding we go back to the
standards of the 1970s and 300 baud modems.  Back to the standard which
was developed when a 1.2Meg removable hard drive pack cost $10,000.
Today, at Tiger Direct, you can buy an internal 1TB hard drive for
$59...$69 if you miss the current sale.  While there may be a few people
in the U.S. still on dial up, unless they are unemployed or on a
seriously fixed income, there is no excuse for it.  For around $60/month
Verizon has wireless broadband plans that let you have 5Gig of high
speed traffic each month.  This is a vast improvement from the HughesNet
(formerly DirecPC) satellite service I used to pay $100/month for and
endure 100Meg/day limit.

Satellite Internet service is available world wide, even in places like
Pakistan and Afghanistan.  Wireless broadband follows the cell phone
markets.  While you may not have access to 4G speed and bandwidth, you
will have access to speeds far faster than dial up.


On Thu, 2011-06-02 at 09:48 +0100, e-letter wrote:

> > Mike Scott
> > Wed, 01 Jun 2011 11:25:20 -0700
> > On 01/06/11 18:08, Tom Davies wrote:
> > Hi,
> > At least it seems to be people that have a good relationship with TDF.  Good
> > work Florian and all :)
> > Regards from
> > Tom :)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Alexander Thurgood<alex.thurg...@gmail.com>
> > To: users@libreoffice.org
> > Sent: Wed, 1 June, 2011 17:52:33
> > Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: new article - with quote from TDF steering
> > committee member Italo Vignoli
> >
> > Le 01/06/11 17:20, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions a écrit :
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> >
> > UPDATE: Sources tell me that Apache has decided to take on OpenOffice. I
> > expect to see the official word come out this week. It may be as early
> > as tomorrow. sjvn--3:42 PM Eastern, May 31, 2011.
> > <unquote>
> >
> >
> > Well the word is out already, see Florian's post on the announcement
> > mailing list. ASF it is - oh what fun !!
> >
> >
> > Alex
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > This is utterly absurd. I don't mind whether people top or bottom post, although I do have a 
> > preference.
> >
> > Deliberately mixing them just to make a point (and this isn't the only example) is plain stupid 
> > and /totally/ wrecks any flow of the contained messages.
>
> The beauty of these mailing list archives is that in time, the
> futility of those involved in this bizarre topic will become apparent.
> As someone wrote, it is hilarious and some people may never recover
> from total loss of credibility.
>
> > I was going to plonk the culprit(s), but that would still leave the messy replies. It's easier 
> > to unsubscribe; which means I'll be sticking with OOo at least for now, when I was seriously 
> > intending to switch. Clock up loss of one potential user, at least for now. And ask how many 
> > others are put off by the selfish and thoughtless attitude displayed by some here.
>
> Don't know what "plonking" is but one should not be discouraged to use
> the software by the foolish comments of others. Haven't used LO much
> personally but have at least been surprised by the ease of
> installation.


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