Message-Id: <5.0.2.1.0.20001225225534.0232ee50@mail> X-Sender: msensney AT mail X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.0.2 Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2000 00:02:56 -0800 To: opendos AT delorie DOT com From: Mike Sensney Subject: Re: reader problems (was Re: Dos future?) In-Reply-To: <3A47BE8A.BD6B1AF0@acm.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Reply-To: opendos AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: opendos AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk Mr. Stevenson's post was very appropriate. He was actively participating in the thread in question. He was asking questions. He got a response he could not "read". Maybe he could have said it better, but all he said was he couldn't read a particular message and why. I thought Mr. Bartlett's public comment on Mr. Belousov's public rudeness to be appropriate. I won't bother to comment on Mr. Belousov. But I wonder why you posted your message to the list. It is completely off topic. This would seem to be a contradiction of the rules you wish to impose on others. At 04:39 PM 12/25/2000 -0500, Dave Tweed wrote: >"Paul O. Bartlett" wrote: > > This comment of Mr. Belousov is entirely inappropriate, unfair, > > and ill-mannered. Appropriate formats for sighted and unsighted > > subscribers may be different, but Mr. Belousov's remark is entirely > > uncalled for. Should I complain about Mr. Belousov's poor English? > >By the same token, Jim's original complaint, your post, and this >one are all completely off-topic for this list. Why couldn't this >have been handled in private email? > >We've discussed Jim's mail reader problems before, and several >suggestions were provided. However, every now and then he gets >frustrated and vents to the list. Most of us have learned to >simply ignore it and move on. > >-- Dave Tweed