-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Since we are all so fond of Acronyms, I have taken a cue from SuSE and provided this one:
Yet another Post on Mailing List Etiquette As one of the current Executive and one who is subscribed to this mailing list I would ask, no beg, the rest of you to please play nice with the rest of us. Something my Mother taught me when I was young was, if you don't have anything nice to say then don't say anything. I would like to extend this and say that if you are writing something blatantly inflammatory you are just disrupting this list for those of us that find it useful. Again, it is a public list, that is archived and having derogatory remarks herein is recorded and reflected on all of the group. I applaud all of the individuals on this list who have the patience to try and help people who are having difficulties. I also applaud those who do not rise to flame-bait. I suspect that those who do post inflammatory remarks will continue to do so because they don't know any better or are suffering from low self-esteem and any attention is good for them, please do not cater to these people at all costs. I think that the mailing list has been suffering lately and all of us along with it. There has been some good discussions, some interesting news items, some good questions and some really good answers. Unfortunately, we have had a great deal of bashing lately and some hard feelings. This is not so good. I believe the next Executive will have to sit down and work on some changes for this mailing list. I am not so na�ve to think that this is a problem that will go away entirely but I am hopeful and optimistic to believe that the majority of individuals on this list are capable of more intelligent conversation. I also understand that we are a passionate bunch of people as well. I urge you to not let your passion cloud your judgement when it comes time to face the next person who has a contrary opinion to yours. I would also like to paraphrase Aaron here if I can. Listing all of the problems with Windows is not necessarily helping our cause. Bashing your opposition does not automatically make you rise above them, on the contrary, you appear petty and dodgy regarding your own strengths. This is not an invitation to have posts listing Microsoft flaws and how Linux is better. I would like to see people just explain or highlight their successes with Linux. Tell us the latest "killer app" you've discovered. I understand the need to compare but try and do it with more tact, more objectivity. Saying "Microsoft sucks" even if you back it up with reasons doesn't help us. Thanks you for your cooperation. - -- Jarrod Major GPG Fingerprint: FA4A 1EA3 A0EE A842 07BB 804C 0090 14F6 BE6E DE3D CLUG Treasurer Registered Linux User: #224211 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iQCVAwUBPkkpQgCQFPa+bt49AQJW3wP8D7nXw1Qyu8hnnA8+pRBN4sW2eMgT+Xla PKbTE+dnyVDYm9pOj7o3PJRUZhft2GKLHdtHdbXNNvOGHFMwy0Fsz5k05sXgAPZK RnAvoTRIiysZJPHRTA7ithxdf/JHwdfUnCwIyNSfKheVVpUUcGBtlZDOfgYUTMZV qbRboxarZbU= =ep2b -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
