[OT] Blackberry (Was: 'Tone of the list' discussion)

[Amedee Van Gasse (Ubuntu)]

On Fri, May 15, 2009 09:31, Nils Kassube wrote:
> Faizan Kazi wrote:
>
>> On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 12:26 PM, Amedee Van Gasse (ubuntu) <
>> amedee-ubuntu at amedee.be> wrote:
>>> christopher.lemire at gmail.com schreef:
>>>> P.s. Excuse my top post. I tried to bottom post, but the
>>>> blackberry curve smartphone's email client would not allow me to
>>>> bottom post.
>>>>
>>>> Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
>>>>
>>>
>>> You don't *have* to send email from your BlackBerry. There is
>>> really no emergency on this mailing list that forces you to reply
>>> without delay. You could just wait a few hours until you are back at
>>> the office or back home, and send your email from your regular
>>> computer, in all comfort.
>>
>> Amedee, take it easy, this is an open list. top posting isnt such a
>> bad thing. If you can read english, you shouldnt have a problem. He cant
>> help it.
>
> Well, if you read [1], it seems to be possible to write decent mails
> even with a blackberry. I think Amedee described it very good. If I
> translate that text into German (my native language) and back into English
> it would read like "I know the rules but I don't care because advertising
> my smartphone is more important to me. My excuse is that I'm not smart
> enough to write a decent mail". To me the blackberry mail really looked
> like an intentional violation of the rules [2], which isn't very nice.

Thank you Nils.

My native language is Dutch. Sometimes it is very difficult to express my
feelings in English as I intend to, and still be a nice person. The
nuances get lost in translation. Nils wrote what I wanted to write.

Perhaps I should mention that in my day job I have to support top-floor
executives who all have BlackBerries. Most of these people are very smart
(how else would they get a top floor job) and they are really aware of
when and why to use a smartphone: to get the job done. (in our case:
producing steel)
Supporting fellow Ubuntu users is not a job, it's a hobby. You do it
because you like to do it, not because you have to. Sure you are one of
the cool kids if you can show that you can afford a smartphone (in a
downhill economy!) but is that the most efficient way to help your fellow
users?

It is really really really not my intention to pont the finger at anyone
in particular. I *want* to be nice, it's not my fault if I get
misunderstood. But please people, lets be efficient. Use a BlackBerry if
you are willing to make an effort in cleaning up your mail, or simply wait
until you have a more efficient tool. Nobody will die if your mail is sent
a few hours later...

-- 
Amedee