On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 15:28:26 PM -0400, Twayne wrote: > X-No-Archive: Yes
Twayne, was it you that introduced this No-Archive header? If so, it doesn't work: http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=discuss&msgNo=64448 Back to your comments, starting from here: > I believe in netiquette Then please stop resending whole messages that all the subscribers, by definition, have already received (spending more than needed of their own money, if they haven't a flat rate connection): trim as much as possible before replying and then add your answer below, not above the quoted text. It's standard netiquette, at least for public forums, since the 80's at least, and mentioned in the links provided here: http://www.openoffice.org/ml_guidelines.html This said, you're probably right that I should have started a new thread for this, sorry. > your response [to the original message] was a short tirade against > MS Let's be serious, please. A tirade is (M-W online) "a protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language". The "against MS" part of that message, which is here: http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=discuss&msgNo=64417 is the one starting with "The producers of Microsoft Word...", that is about four lines of text summing up in the plainest possible way a sure fact described in detail for decades all around the Internet. As far as I was concerned, the thread was over with that message. What triggered me to continue was only: - your insisting that sending files in proprietary formats isn't just a necessary evil, but a good practice... - ...backed by repeated proofs that you don't know enough some of the basics yet to make certain statements (see my remarks on file formats vs software products or other technologies)... - ...proofs accompanied by your explicit assertion that you couldn't be bothered to read the links provided as explanations of my statements. I've been explaining that sending and accepting attachments in proprietary formats is bad since before Stallman came out with his "We can put an end to Word attachments" open letter: http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=discuss&msgNo=8757 and all I can add now is this sentence I saw as an email signature ~3 years ago: Please do not smoke in people's face and do not distribute doc files publicly. This is not a technical issue. This is an ethical issue. and a suggestion to also read, at least, all the links in the "Free Formats for a more Free society" section of http://mfioretti.com/marco-fioretti-main-publications If, *after* studying, you'll still wish to debate the merits (not the necessity) of distributing documents in proprietary file formats by email or any other channel, by all means start a new thread and I'll be happy to participate. Regards, Marco Fioretti -- Your own civil rights and the quality of your life heavily depend on how software is used *around* you: http://digifreedom.net/node/84 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
