Re: Comparing plans across instances

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org>
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 13:14:10 -0700
Message-ID: <1159128850.335602@bubbleator.drizzle.com>

Mladen Gogala wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Sep 2006 10:23:53 -0700, DA Morgan wrote:
>

>> Please do not top post. Scroll to the bottom to reply.
>>

>
> Unfortunately, Outlook and Evolution promote top-posting. It became de
> facto standard. I've even been warned by one of my former bosses to put
> my replies at the top of email, the same as everybody else. I cannot
> disagree more deeply with top posting, but I do find it everywhere. I
> believe that our sensitivity to top posting will have to change.

Perhaps ... but the onus should be on making it easy for those who volunteer their time to help. Those asking for help should comply with the standard ... even if it requires an entire 1/4 of a second to hit the scroll bar.

Then, of course, they could just stop using M$ Outlook and move to ThunderBird.

-- 
Daniel Morgan
University of Washington
Puget Sound Oracle Users Group

Received on Sun Sep 24 2006 - 15:14:10 CDT