--On 26 March 2008 12:14:58 -0700 Jo Rhett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
>> --On 24 March 2008 18:07:29 -0700 Jo Rhett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> Sorry, as stated your proposal sounds either naive or insane.  No
>>> insult intended.
>
> On Wed, March 26, 2008 3:07 am, Ian Eiloart wrote:
>> Please, think harder about what you write to the list. If you left an
>> insult in there that you were aware of, then you *are* intentionally
>> insulting people.
>
> No, I wasn't.  But in case someone misread my statement regarding patent
> facts of already installed software as an insult, I added the disclaimer
> to make it clear.  My remarks were entirely fuctional.  Short of writing a
> worm, you can't fix existing installations after the fact.

So, which of "naive" or "insane" requires misreading to be insulting? 
Neither word has a complementary definition that I'm aware of.

> Why is your patience satiated with Mailman, but lost with me?  I think you
> need to turn those guns around and point them where they belong.

My point is that guns are not required.

-- 
Ian Eiloart
IT Services, University of Sussex
x3148
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