Re: [ilugd] Bill Gates got Windows 1.0 source-code from trash-bin

2008-06-29 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 29-Jun-08, at 10:01 AM, shirish wrote: and an apology justifies the cross-post? Hi all, Kenneth, no an apology doesn't justify the cross-post. But if one wants to post to couple lists as possible to get the answer I don't see any other way. mailing lists are meant for

Re: [ilugd] Bill Gates got Windows 1.0 source-code from trash-bin

2008-06-29 Thread Smruti M
Oh..com'n guys grow up. Give it a rest. On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:39:34 +0530, Kenneth Gonsalves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 29-Jun-08, at 10:01 AM, shirish wrote: snip Hi all, Kenneth, no an apology doesn't justify the cross-post. But if one wants to post to couple lists as possible

Re: [ilugd] Bill Gates got Windows 1.0 source-code from trash-bin

2008-06-29 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 29-Jun-08, at 7:39 PM, Smruti M wrote: Oh..com'n guys grow up. Give it a rest. what exactly does that mean? I got 4-5 copies of his posts as I was subscribed to many of the lists to which he crossposted. And now I see another batch - looks like he is making it a habit. Before making

Re: [ilugd] Bill Gates got Windows 1.0 source-code from trash-bin

2008-06-29 Thread Smruti
On 6/29/08, Kenneth Gonsalves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 29-Jun-08, at 7:39 PM, Smruti M wrote: Oh..com'n guys grow up. Give it a rest. what exactly does that mean? I got 4-5 copies of his posts as I was subscribed to many of the lists to which he crossposted. And now I see another

Re: [ilugd] Bill Gates got Windows 1.0 source-code from trash-bin

2008-06-29 Thread shirish
Replies in-line Message: 8 Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:51:31 +0530 From: Kenneth Gonsalves [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ilugd] Bill Gates got Windows 1.0 source-code from trash-bin To: The Linux-Delhi mailing list ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[ilugd] [OT] Difference between cross-post and multi-post

2008-06-29 Thread shirish
Hi all, Was reading http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-post http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-posting I am confused, would my message be treated as cross-post as kenneth says or should it be a multi-post, the distinctions are not clear. Another one [quote : Wikipedia

Re: [ilugd] [OT] Difference between cross-post and multi-post

2008-06-29 Thread shirish
Hi all, Another thing I know both the articles are written from usenet perspectives. From what little I know usenet are the forefathers of modern mailing lists, so the above should apply to mailing lists as well I guess. -- Regards, Shirish Agarwal This email is licensed under

Re: [ilugd] Bill Gates got Windows 1.0 source-code from trash-bin

2008-06-29 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 30-Jun-08, at 9:40 AM, shirish wrote: Lemme first clear the air. I cross-posted to 2 mailing lists. I am sure I saw both chennai and mumbai Now if I get a satisfied answer from one mailing list , should I just shut up or should I also make an attempt to let the other mailing list know

Re: [ilugd] [OT] Difference between cross-post and multi-post

2008-06-29 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 30-Jun-08, at 9:57 AM, shirish wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-post http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-posting I am confused, would my message be treated as cross-post as kenneth says or should it be a multi-post, the distinctions are not clear. wikipedia is not a source of

Re: [ilugd] Bill Gates got Windows 1.0 source-code from trash-bin

2008-06-29 Thread PJ
shirish [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: First of all sorry for cross-posting the same query on so many lists. So don't do that then. It irritates people and gets you bad karma. I read somewhere couple of days ago that Bill Gates actually got his source-code from some trash-bin It's distorted