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

[Ric Moore]

On 07/09/2012 05:14 AM, Alexander Skwar wrote:
> 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:
>>>
>>>
>>> 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:
>>>
>>> On Mon, 09 Jul 2012 06:56:32 +1000, Jared Norris wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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
+1

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..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
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