Did Ubuntu made bet on a dead horse? I wonder...

[Alexander Skwar]

Hi

On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 10:52 AM, Mika Suomalainen
<mika.henrik.mainio at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> On 09.07.2012 04:31, Bahn, Nathan wrote:
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>> On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 8:10 PM, Juan R. de Silva
>> <juan.r.d.silva at gmail.com <mailto:juan.r.d.silva at gmail.com>>
>> wrote:
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>> On Mon, 09 Jul 2012 06:56:32 +1000, Jared Norris wrote:
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>>> Please, can everyone please read the FAQ [1] before posting to
>>> the
>> list.
>>> I don't know how many times I need to reference it before it
>>> gets
>> read.
>>> Posting random links to the mailing list and seeking discussion
>>> is not what this list is for. This is a technical support list.
>>
>> I admit, posting a link to an article without saying a word - what
>> it was about, was a mistake. The subject line could be sounding
>> kind of critical as well. My apologies.
>>
>> The article is informing about Mozzila decision to stop support of
>> the further development of Thunderbird (and apparently Lighting?).
>>
>> I thought such news might be of high interest for those Ubuntu
>> users, who did not jump yet blindly into transferring PIM data into
>> Thunderbird, after Ubuntu decision to switch to it, but who still
>> could be considering doing so. Apparently the news may save them a
>> lot of time and efforts.
>>
>> I also thought that bringing it to the attention of the community
>> could save this very list from numerous technical support requests,
>> which could flood it in the future due to such a change in Mozilla
>> plans. (I would be surprised if changes in Ubuntu would not
>> follow.)
>>
>>> If you want to discuss random web links there are many other
>>> places to do this online.
>>
>> Could you point me to at least one for Ubuntu users, please?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> www.groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/bikeshed
>> <http://www.groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#%21forum/bikeshed>
>>
>> if that link doesn't work, then go to www.groups.google.com
>> <http://www.groups.google.com> and look up "bikeshed." by the way,
>> plz don't mind Jared Norris; it's true that he's an officious ass,
>> but he's harmless.
>
> You should read [Ubuntu Code of Conduct] and the HTML part from
> [Ubuntu Mailing list guidelines].

You know, that sounds "somewhat" funny, from someone who
doesn't trim quotes and has a GPG signature, which is longer
than the text it accompanies… For me, this GPG stuff is more
annoying than HTML.

Just sayin'.

Alexander

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