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From: "Hannu E K Nevalainen \(garbage mail\)" <garbage_collector AT telia DOT com>
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Subject: RE: [postmaster AT sources DOT redhat DOT com] This is all very silly...
Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2003 12:49:58 +0200
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> From: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com [mailto:cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com]On Behalf
> Of Christopher Faylor

> On Sat, Jun 07, 2003 at 09:08:07PM +0200, Hannu E K Nevalainen
> (garbage mail) wrote:
> >>From Christopher Faylor
> >
> ><BIG SNIP>
> >
> >Apart from all the facts on rudeness and such...
>
> Yeah, apart from that tiny fact.
>
> >If I get this kind of response (rude or not) on something I have
> >written/published (It has happened ;-P) - then I go wondering if I have
> >done a bad job communicating relevant stuff.
>
> The cygwin web page, FAQ, etc. are not static documents.  There is no
> reason for you to assume that they are.

 If you just ponder on what I wrote you'll realize that I didn't say
anything like that.

> > At times I have found problems e.g. in descriptive text.
>
> If you are referring to problems at the cygwin web page, then you always
> have the option of providing new text.

 As always...

>  Otherwise, suggesting that you
> "have found problems" is valueless information on the order of saying
> "my program doesn't run" when reporting a bug.

 Once again we're here
 - As I see it you're assuming things - getting quite irritated from your
assumptions,
 - and I'm wondering whether I write in English or not.

 One of the reasons I'm here is 'learning' - If I had an attitude of "I'm
not wrong" without ever considering anything else... wouldn't bring me
anywhere else than to the very spot where I am today.

 My previous response was nothing else than an attempt to bring some
insight. Despite the 'rude' and 'clueless' stuff in the initial posting,
there _could_ be possible _positive_ threads to pick up from it. That's the
essence of why I commented on it.


> >- One thing I have learnt; every attempting to keep a humble profile
> >can help.  (irritation and short time-limits in combination makes me
> >less humble ;-)
>
> And, offering unsolicited advice in a public forum is the height of
> humbleness, eh?

 I'm been hacking on keyboards since the early eighties - in the process
I've learn't one big thing:  I'm not 'perfect'... ;-)  I guess I won't ever
be.

/Hannu E K Nevalainen, 59~14'N, 17~12'E
 ~ <=> degree

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