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Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 09:28:25 -0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)
From: Michael A Chase <mchase AT ix DOT netcom DOT com>
Subject:  Re: Why did you guys break  EVERYTHING...
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com, Christopher Faylor <cgf-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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On Mon, 22 Apr 2002 10:55:25 -0400 Christopher Faylor <cgf-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com> wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 10:34:28AM -0400, Scott Evans wrote:
> >Charles Wilson <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu> writes:
> >>BTW, did it occur to anyone that the rapid and multiple responses to
> >>this email -- which, given its tone and lack of specific content
> >>qualifies as a troll by any objective measure -- serve to ENCOURAGE
> >>this sort of insistent, badgering, and rude behavior?
> >
> >Yeah, this is weird.  People ask polite questions and get slapped with
> >"*eye roll* it's free software newbie, read the FAQ" ...  this guy asks
> >*this* and people rush to his assistance.
> 
> It's basically because we're not mean.
> 
> No, wait.  That can't be right.

_We_ aren't mean, just you. :}b
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