> That's good logic, Stuart. I was not aware of the thinking > behind the decision. This will be useful for me in the > future. If we had not had this discussion, I would not have > been aware of this consideration.
/me *squints* yep, that looks like an olive branch to me. good thing this thread was pre-marked OT! -josh > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Shane Hathaway > Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 12:20 PM > To: Provo Linux Users Group Mailing List > Subject: Re: OT: Zaurus and extras for sale > > Stuart Jansen wrote: > > You've got to be a pretty hard core geek to subscribe to lkml. > > Expecting an lkml subscriber to understand the intricacies > of MUA's and 'reply' > > vs. 'reply to all' vs. 'reply to list' isn't asking too > much. On the > > Plug list, however, we're still struggling to help some people > > understand why using Outlook is stupid. (Sorry, couldn't > resist Josh.) > > Plug targets a much broader audience. We want welcome even the most > > inexperience newbie and make it easy for him or her to > participate. We > > also want to encourage discussion to take place on the > list. (Again, I > > point to the local example of the SLLUG list which was basically > > moribund for years until it started munging.) The fact of > the matter > > is that munging has proved itself useful for fostering a > culture that > > is in the best interest of Plug. That culture is obviously going to > > have different objectives than most more focused and geeky lists. > > That's good logic, Stuart. I was not aware of the thinking > behind the decision. This will be useful for me in the > future. If we had not had this discussion, I would not have > been aware of this consideration. > Thank you for spelling it out. After all, universities don't > have a "Mailing List Administration 101" course, and the only > way to pick up this wisdom is to discuss it. > > Shane > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
