RE: [cobalt-users] SOT: Top-posting

[Thom LaCosta <baltimoremd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 4 May 2003, David J. Duffner wrote:

> box <G>.  Now while I may be out of turn, I was getting
> the impression from that same source that it's not
> even a piece of SUN hardware they're using - which left
> me even more without a clue as to solving that mailman
> problem on my end.

There are folks on the list that have braggin' rights about
installing mailman on A RaQ....but when asked if the user(the one who
sends a check in to rent the technology) can set it up via the GUI, they
have to answer no.

> >
> >Perhaps if folks understood what the messages look like when
> >top posted, or as you cited improperly bottom posted, they'd
> >think twice before posting(Ah Mom, I just bit my tongue for
> >saying the obvious).
>
> 	Naaah, the lack of courtesy to chew off extra sig lines
> or just click n' reply vs. snipping has been going on since
> the BBS days in the 80's.  I've just learned to live with
> the lazy sob's <Grin>.

Interesting...I'm still involved in the BBS world...and as the
Echolist Keeper for Fidonet, I get involved in some heated
discussions over pre/post/none/too much moderation.

Of course in Fidonet, if someone get to me a problem, I simply
request a feed cut....

>
> 	And of course, therefore because Sun buys Cobalt and
> makes instantly EOL boxes and leaves the rest of us out
> in the cold, it doesn't make them a viable Corporation <G>.


Well, even after giving the cobalt customer base the shaft, they seem to
be viable enough for comeone to buy them.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/134688243_sunblock03.html

Maybe we can run a pool on how quickly the Cobalt products/forums/etc
disappear after Sun gets purchased.

Wow...maybe we can upgrade to Microsoft Pavilions (g)

Thom

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