Marillat -> Hoary Extras? + Cyberlink + Ettiquette

Todd Deshane deshantm at gmail.com
Fri Jun 24 05:10:55 UTC 2005


Tom,

On 6/21/05, Tom Adelstein <adelste at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> See bottom posting
> 
> 
> On Tue, 2005-06-21 at 14:05 -0400, Aamir Maori wrote:
> > Every great movement (especially in linux) requires a good name, that 
> and
> > I gotta have something to name the folder for the subdomain and 
> subsequent
> > blog/wiki.
> >
> > I've enjoyed using Ubuntu since I switched from Kanotix/Windows, I'm 
> just
> > happy to be able to help out anything that will give linux & Ubuntu a 
> bit
> > of a leg up.
> > --
> > http://exjinn.net
> >
> > On Tue, June 21, 2005 1:42 pm, Tom Adelstein said:
> > > On Tue, 2005-06-21 at 12:19 -0400, Aamir Maori wrote:
> > >> I'd be willing to host such a thing.
> > >> --
> > >> http://exjinn.net
> > >>
> > >> On Tue, June 21, 2005 12:08 pm, Al Gordon said:
> > >> > Sounds great to me. Now, who's set up to host such a thing? :)
> > >> >
> > >> > On 6/20/05, Tom Adelstein <adelste at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >> >> Perhaps a survey style petition saying - "I would buy the
> > >> product...."
> > >> >>
> > >> >> I think it would take some coordination with other distributions.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> How does that sound?
> > >
> > >
> > > Aamir,
> > >
> > > Thank you for the idea. This will take some planning and a cross
> > > community effort. Also, an international effort.
> > >
> > > We've had some experience with petitions in political efforts and 
> would
> > > need to provide email forms, some cgi scripts etc.
> > >
> > > I suggest we start a link and perhaps put up a wiki and/or a blog.
> > >
> > > We still need to find someone in Taiwan to speak with Cyberlink.
> > >
> > > I realize people will express their opinions on what cyberlink will or
> > > won't do. But until someone speaks with them directly and finds a 
> person
> > > with whom to contact, we're shooting in the dark, so to say.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> 
> Aamir and others:
> 
> The custom on Linux newsgroups requires bottom posting. That means, when
> we answer a post, we put our answer at the bottom.
> 
> This may seem counter intuitive, but it's really the best way to follow
> threads. It's also the custom and so we respect it.
> 
> It's like driving on the correct side of the road.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Tomas
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Thanks! I have been doing that all wrong... it is slightly counter intuitive
but I can get used to it if thats they way its done... Is there a way to 
"train"
gmail to put me at the bottom of the posts i wonder...

Regards,
Todd
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