[cobalt-users] Top Posting

["Eaglewerks" <eaglewerks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

First I wish to explain that I am not new to computers, nor the conventions
of the Internet.  My first personal computer (purchased by me for my work in
my office) used CP/m as an operating system.  I will admit that I was not
terribly interested in COBOL and the other operating systems at that time,
in the early 1970's.  I will also admit that I am somewhat new to Fargo /
Linux / Unix, only having to deal with them on a personal basis since my
purchase of a RaQ (1) in the fall of 1999.  I also struggle to deal with
various flavors of Microsoft's operating systems on a daily basis.

I receive an average of 300 e-mails every day.  In addition to my normal
business and personal e-mails, I am also a subscriber to five very busy
list-servers, the three busiest are the cobalt-developers; the cobalt-users,
and token_kenkyu_ka (a multi-national list having to do with Japanese
swords).

I honestly appreciate Top Posting, as such posts allow me to cut through and
quickly scan all of the e-mail that is of interest to me.  I find that top
posts are much like a good (and correct) legal file, where the most recent
information is on top, with the older information below in descending order
to the last item being the original message.   In addition the current most
popular e-mail program (Microsoft's Outlook Express) does top posting as a
natural way of replying.

When I see a reply or post, giving a solution to a problem or an additional
opinion I often want to see what actually was asked or stated in the
original or subsequent post.  I do agree that often a long post, such as
mine here, can be subject to editing when needed, but remember anything when
edited loses content, some of which may be important to understanding by
other readers.

My two cents.
Bill Feldman, owner
Eaglewerks
GamersNet.Net
TachiCorp
etc.
eaglewerks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx