Re: [cobalt-users] Global CGI

[Kris Dahl <krislists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

on 6/21/00 12:50 PM, WayneB6094@xxxxxxx at WayneB6094@xxxxxxx wrote:

> In a message dated 6/20/00 3:34:08 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
> krislists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> 
>> Certainly you will agree that we all put a lower priority on emails from
>> aol.com?
> 
> No, I don't think so.
> 
> I use AOL for many reasons -- primarily to test web sites that we create --
> but it isn't my ISP (DSL at work, cable modem at home).  I use this account
> for the mailing list so the messages don't clog up my "regular" e-mail
> accounts and clients.  Does this make me "less professional"?  I certainly
> hope not.

Unfortunately, most of us have had poor interactions from AOL--mostly
because it tends to cater towards less experienced, less technical computer
users.

I remember if a AOL user posted on Usenet 5 or so years back it was almost
always a useless post.  They are still living with the repercussions of not
provided their users with information on how things work (I remember it
being a *big* controversy way back when).

AOL still caters to less savvy users, and the trend (albeit less now) still
continues.

For me, that stigmata is not the reason why I am not an AOL user.  Its the
same reason why I don't really have an ISP either--I need and want the
control over every aspect of my infrastructure.  I don't want to have to
click 'no thanks' a gazillion times to check my email, etc., etc.  And I'd
like to be able to use whatever email client (or any client) to do what I
need.  This means open source in most cases, which AOL is pretty much
closed-source, and even closed-configuration in most cases.  What about AOL
+ Linux?  Not a chance.

Which actually leads me to ask why you wouldn't discount a post from
@aol.com to a Linux mailing list if by definition they aren't using Linux?

FYI: My post is coming from a Mac workstation, which is sitting next to my
Linux workstation.

Anyway,
-k