What a great e-mail. I do hope you aren't paying a licence fee, however. :)
On Sun, 2006-11-19 at 02:09 +0000, Anthony Vickers wrote: > Toby Smithe wrote: > > Forwarded to wrong list! Oops! > > > > On Sat, 2006-11-18 at 23:22 +0000, Dean Sas wrote: > > > >> Toby Smithe wrote: > >> > >>> Hell! It had a 4 month release, and was called bloody "Edgy"! What else > >>> do you need as a prompt? That's the whole point in LTS!!!! > >>> > >>> > >> Toby, > >> Could you consider being more polite towards people please? I don't > >> actually speak for everyone, but I think that most people would like the > >> list to have a calm and welcoming atmosphere, keeping in line with the > >> Ubuntu Code of Conduct, which I'm sure you're aware of by now. It is not > >> somewhere where using that tone of voice is considered ok. > >> > > > > I apologise. I wasn't trying to sound aggressive, merely emphatic. > > Conveying emotion is quite hard in a soundless medium, particularly this > > one. If it sounded anything other than emphatic, I am very sorry. > > > I have to admire the diplomacy on here. Credit to you Dean in stepping > forward and speaking for, I would hope, the majority here in such a > polite and thoughtful manner. I also suspect you did so with the utmost > of discretion as I fail to see the quoted text in the mailing list thread. > > Toby, I respect how you concede the issue and give one of the noblest of > apologies to the list that I've witnessed anywhere. Well done. That > aside, your point of argument has very good merit. Edgy does exactly > what it says on the tin. This is why I'm still running Dapper on this > machine and Edgy only on a few desktop machines and on my laptop. I look > forward to reading more of your comments in future. Perhaps though, more > deftly put. :P > > The list is yet young as is, I think, the experience of many of us here > when it comes to all this t'internet stuff. Even if not, we're still > getting to know each other and our sensitivities. Thus, boundary > incursions and steppings on toes are inevitable and even fun when taken > with good spirit. Politeness and tact are important and more thought in > writing and also, in contrast, more forgiveness in reading, have to be > given to all these new media and people and things and stuff. > > To the list in general, I'd just like to say, it's of great enjoyment > reading all of your posts even though I'm finding it hard to keep up of > late. It's nice to see things so alive and vibrant in here in spite of, > or, I say wryly, maybe even because of, some of the rises in > temperature. It beats Coronations Street any day, which is a good thing, > I sold my tv set months ago. > > Regards, > > Anthony > > /"I took a speed reading course and read 'War and Peace' in twenty > minutes. It involves Russia." > ~Woody Allen/ > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
