[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > wooks wrote: > > I thought that posting a link that contained the word ebay and a > > subject title of Python Developers Handbook conveyed all the relevant > > information and didn't want to patronise the NG. > > > > I have had 110 hits on the item but seem to have upset 3 people. > > This statement shows a misunderstanding of Usenet. Maybe the majority > of comp.lang.python readers agree with Terry Reedy but did not want to > clog the newsgroup with ditto messages.
Your understanding of Usenet is that a post has to "appeal" (for the want of a better word) to the majority of the NG readership. Look over a hundred people took a look (and the hits are steadily going up whether despite or because of this thread). I am not going to posit either way as to whether that amounts to vindication but it does suggsest that I have not comitted the heinous crime against netiquette that some people are making out. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
