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

[chris]

On Mon, 2012-07-09 at 13:24 -0400, Ric Moore wrote:
> 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
> 
> -- 
> My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say:
> "There are two Great Sins in the world...
> ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
> Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad.
> http://linuxcounter.net/user/44256.html
> 
> 
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