Mail Archives: cygwin/2004/02/29/22:03:46
On Sun, 29 Feb 2004, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 29, 2004 at 09:36:42PM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> >On Sun, 29 Feb 2004, Larry Hall wrote:
> >>At 09:16 PM 2/29/2004, George Hester you wrote:
> >>>Thanks for not browbeating me. You would be amazed at the anathema
> >>>"newbies" such as myself often generate.
> >>
> >>Yes, Igor has been known for ruining Cygwin's email list reputation of
> >>being "mean". If you're new to the list, it's an "inside" joke so
> >>don't worry if you don't get it.
> >
> >Hey, I'm workin' on it. Give me a couple more years... :-p
... and the perceived meanness of this list will be but a distant memory.
> Just to be clear: I started out mean.
>
> I blame too much tech support at a young age.
>
> HTH,
> cgf
And here's proof: thousands of list subscribers have seen CGF utter a
non-mean phrase (I could provide a URL, but you all know what I'm talking
about). As I said, I'm working on it... :-D
Igor
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