Evolution

[Chanchao]

On Thu, 2006-05-25 at 22:35 -0400, Michael R. Head wrote:

> > > Deleting stuff?  In corporate emails? That would be a definite - no.
> > 
> > Guess Outlook is to blame for that mindset..   It really makes much more
> > sense in emails to quote a bit of the question/statement you're replying
> > to.  Instead corporate emails are like letters by themselves, and then
> > quote 10 miles of previous emails with every single reply. 
> 
> The benefit here is that you can add a new recipient to the CC list and
> they can read the entire line of conversation.

Yeah, I guess.   What I do sometimes is quote the lines I'm responding
to, but ALSO leave the original message below.   That's just faster when
you don't have to do a whole 'letter' with a start and an end and all
that.

> Even accepting that TOFU provides no benefit, being the only one in an
> organization to go against the norm is often not worth the effort.

...googled up TOFU as something tells me your not talking about the the
soy based protein-rich substance that's popular in vegetarian and asian
cuisines...  :)    (Text Over, Full Quote Under... :) )

Cheers,
Chanchao