Hi,
On Wed, 16 Feb 2005, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
> btw, did we actually decide anything?

I think we can agree that we all have some quite different views on 
email layout. 

There were the "top-posters" who argued that top posting makes it more
convenient for the readers.

But according to :
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2004-Mar/0755.html
"top-posting is an extremely Microsoftish form of behavior"
  


From:
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2004-Mar/0835.html
we have the best reality check of all::

> When do we start helping each other again rahter then 
> watching for top/bottom posters? 
 
As in "Gulliver's Travels" [ political book by Jonathan Swift] , 
  there were the wars of the 'big-endians' against the 'little-endians' 
  { those who opened their boiled eggs at the pointed end, or, the rounded 
     end } 


Derek.

And if I have trod on anyones sensibilities with this letter, bad luck.
   Get over it, and grow up.

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