steve szmidt wrote:
>On Saturday 13 August 2005 18:35, patrick grantham wrote:
>
>
>>Threads on top when replying vs. threads on bottom. Lord have mercy, I
>>hope a standard comes out. The war between replying on the top vs. bottom
>>is giving a headache. Both have merit, I just wish one would win.
>>
>>
>
>Well there is a standard. In the beginning... hehe, well it's true. In the
>beginning replies were actually done at the bottom of the post. Emails were
>easy to read.
>
>BTW, email programs are the ones that were set to automatically add the reply
>to the top or bottom. Intersecting replies were also made after each
>paragraph or statement when several issues were being discussed, but that was
>done manually.
>
>Microsoft were very late to "get" the Internet. When they did they tried to
>change the way everyone worked it. [Which is also standard for them. Adopt a
>standard and change it.] Anyway they had tried a couple of things to modify
>the way the Internet worked in an attempt to "take over". To make it a MS
>network basically. Fortunately they failed on all but adding great confusion
>with top posting.
>
>One of the things they did is to have their email programs automatically start
>replies at the top, rather than bottom. You know how prevalent windows became
>and with all these new users who did not know squat about how things were
>done. So they were automatically moved onto the MS way of top posting.
>
>Unfortunately/fortunately I don't expect that one will "win" as some people
>will never stop doing it their way. With companies like MS who only leave
>their own standards alone, I for one don't ever expect that to ever occur.
>
>
>
And that's exactly why I say bottom. I can follow a train of thought
backwards because I've got a twisted brain. Often it is easier to read
the most current slice of thread at the top of the page, but M$ is
trying to change the way we do everything. When you look at the history
of Linux and the GNU project, more than a clever alternative OS it's
like the people making a stand against the giant. In a way, it is the
world's first successful Socialist revolution. I don't want anyone
telling me what I should do or how to do it. This is why I
bottom-post. It's not about proper flow of thought or pooping, it is
about doing what I want in a society with assinine regulations. VIVA LA
GNU!
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