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From: Luke Davis <ldavis@shellworld.net>
To: Ann Parsons <akp@eznet.net>
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The problem, Ann, is that for a new user, and someone who doesn't know
you, that sarcasm can come off very badly.  "Oh, this is the atitude of
Linux users?  Helpful as a tack in the ass, forget this.".:)

I'm all for sarcasm, and so on, especially when someone "just doesn't get
it", but on the first time out of the box, it's not always the way to go.

Luke


On Thu, 17 Jul 2003, Ann Parsons wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Great post, Chuck.  I admit I was a trifle sarcastic, but Nigel's
> logic just was so outlandish, I was astonished.
>
> Ann P.
>
>