On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 11:51:56AM -0000, Gordon wrote:
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> "Brewster Gillett" <b...@fdi.us> wrote in message  
> news:1265970470.4273.298.ca...@merlin.fdi.loc...
>> This whole top-posting thing, IMHO, originated with clueless NetNoobs
>> several years ago, who when first encountering an email editing format,
>> took exactly the wrong interpretation of the usual cursor placement when
>> launching "REPLY" mode.
>
> It actually happened with the advent of Outlook Express where top-posting 
> was the default and nobody bothered to change it, plus the fact that top  
> posting is the accepted "norm" in the MS newsgroups - even MVPs do it! 

That's a symptom of the MS mindset.

-- 
Bob Holtzman
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 check the price of the beer"

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