[libreoffice-users] Re: What is an "Office" Package?

* Ken Springer (Thu, 14 Jul 2011 21:47:05 -0600)
> Furthermore, you (yes: You) save a lot of time using this way of
> quoting: You do not need to repeat what the person you refer to wrote,
> in order to show the context. You just place your comment after the
> text you wish to comment upon, and everybody immediately knows what
> you refer to. Also, you realize which text you are *not* responding to
> and can delete these parts.
>
> So: using this technique you save time, your readers don't have to
> waste time, you save bandwidth and disk-space. Isn't it great what you
> can achieve by such simple means? "

It's a bit more complicated than that: your readers save time and you 
gain comprehensibility on the expense of your own time (because it takes 
more time to selectively "snip" your reply). So you're giving away 
something for free.

Of course in the end (especially when you get a reply to your reply) you 
might also gain some time and benefit yourself.

Thorsten


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