[H-GEN] Keeping a civil tone
Raymond Smith
raymond at humbug.org.au
Wed Oct 12 08:46:04 EDT 2005
Hi Robert,
On Wed, Oct 12, 2005 at 06:02:39AM -0400, Robert Brockway wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Oct 2005, James Mills wrote:
> > Spot on. I _actually_ don't even bother replying or emailing this list
> > much since the attitudes and flaming that goes on is beyond belief at
> > times...
>
> Wow. The HUMBUG lists used to have a reputation for being a place where
> flaming was very rare. It was so unusual people would explicitely mention
> the lack of flaming.
>
> I still think these lists have less problems than many of the LUG lists
> I'm on (which is quite a few[1]).
I agree with all this. I find it really disappointing
that the mailing list seems so much less friendly than
it used to. A certain bombastic style has crept in that
is really out of place in a hobbyist environment.
> [1] I recently joined a Cuban LUG list. My wife and I plan to visit
> Jamaica and Cuba over Christmas and I'm taking some OSS resources down
> with me. The Cubans tell me that Linux and *BSD are very popular there.
> Most of the discussions are in Spanish but it looks like little flaming is
> going on :)
We'll have to get you to give a talk next time you
are in Brisvegas. Incidentally, the sleep patterns
of certain of my co-workers are only now returning
to normal ;-)
Cheers,
Raymond
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