Re: Politeness (was: we want python software)

2017-12-06 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 06 December 2017 15:33:40 Ian Kelly wrote: > On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 10:56 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Wednesday 06 December 2017 12:14:32 Ian Kelly wrote: > >> On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 9:42 AM, Gene Heskett > > > > wrote: > >> > On Wednesday 06 December 2017 11:28:22 Random832 wro

Re: Politeness (was: we want python software)

2017-12-06 Thread Andrew Z
Looks like the longest thread for past 2 months. Should we push it to be the longest for 2017? :) On Dec 6, 2017 15:34, "Ian Kelly" wrote: > On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 10:56 AM, Gene Heskett > wrote: > > On Wednesday 06 December 2017 12:14:32 Ian Kelly wrote: > > > >> On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 9:42

Re: Politeness (was: we want python software)

2017-12-06 Thread Ian Kelly
On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 10:56 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Wednesday 06 December 2017 12:14:32 Ian Kelly wrote: > >> On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 9:42 AM, Gene Heskett > wrote: >> > On Wednesday 06 December 2017 11:28:22 Random832 wrote: >> >> The third possibility is that he believes that this list is

Re: Politeness (was: we want python software)

2017-12-06 Thread Rick Johnson
Steve D'Aprano wrote: [...] > And yes, I'm aware of the irony of me taking this position > only a couple of posts after I asked the group to run some > code for me without explaining why I couldn't run it > myself.[1] [...] But if somebody wants to take me to task > for Your virtue signaling he

Re: Politeness (was: we want python software)

2017-12-06 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 06 December 2017 12:14:32 Ian Kelly wrote: > On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 9:42 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Wednesday 06 December 2017 11:28:22 Random832 wrote: > >> The third possibility is that he believes that this list is > >> official in some corporate sense, that if he asks for th

Re: Politeness (was: we want python software)

2017-12-06 Thread Ian Kelly
On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 9:42 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Wednesday 06 December 2017 11:28:22 Random832 wrote: >> The third possibility is that he believes that this list is official >> in some corporate sense, that if he asks for the software and it is >> not free he will receive a price quote. >

Re: Politeness (was: we want python software)

2017-12-06 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 06 December 2017 11:28:22 Random832 wrote: > On Wed, Dec 6, 2017, at 11:18, Steve D'Aprano wrote: > > You suggested that if he wasn't familiar with free software, his > > request that people send him a copy of Python wouldn't look so odd. > > Okay, if Python weren't free software, it

Re: Politeness (was: we want python software)

2017-12-06 Thread Random832
On Wed, Dec 6, 2017, at 11:18, Steve D'Aprano wrote: > You suggested that if he wasn't familiar with free software, his > request that people send him a copy of Python wouldn't look so odd. > Okay, if Python weren't free software, it would be non-free software, > and you are saying that it wouldn't

Re: Politeness (was: we want python software)

2017-12-06 Thread Steve D'Aprano
On Wed, 6 Dec 2017 11:25 pm, Rustom Mody wrote: > On Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at 4:05:43 PM UTC+5:30, Steve D'Aprano wrote: >> On Wed, 6 Dec 2017 02:49 pm, Rustom Mody wrote: >> >> > You are assuming that the strangeness of the request is about 'tech' >> > [engineering/tech existed centuries b

Re: Politeness (was: we want python software)

2017-12-06 Thread Igor Korot
Rustom, On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 6:25 AM, Rustom Mody wrote: > On Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at 4:05:43 PM UTC+5:30, Steve D'Aprano wrote: >> On Wed, 6 Dec 2017 02:49 pm, Rustom Mody wrote: >> >> > You are assuming that the strangeness of the request is about 'tech' >> > [engineering/tech existed

Politeness (was: we want python software)

2017-12-06 Thread Rustom Mody
On Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at 4:05:43 PM UTC+5:30, Steve D'Aprano wrote: > On Wed, 6 Dec 2017 02:49 pm, Rustom Mody wrote: > > > You are assuming that the strangeness of the request is about 'tech' > > [engineering/tech existed centuries before computers] > > > > Do remember one can be a tech