On Fri, 2006-09-08 at 12:37 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > Craig White wrote: > > On Thu, 2006-09-07 at 23:47 -0400, Jack Gates wrote: > >> On Thursday 07 September 2006 23:41, Craig White wrote: > >>> ---- > >>> inane windows type of problem resolution doesn't make sense on > >>> Linux or Linux applications. > >> That was condescending and totally not necessary. > > ---- > > not at all > > > > condescending is telling you that you apparently couldn't see past that > > sentence to the one that followed which told you what to do. > > Whatever you want to call it...your statement should either not have been > made or should have been made in a way that the OP (any OP) would not feel > insulted. It matters not that you gave a suggestion/solution. > > You could have said... "The type of problem resolution you've described is > Winblows based and not practiced in the Linux world.". Or words to that > effect, and then go on to give your suggestion. > > It is called, "Being tactful". ---- There wasn't the slightest bit of intent to be condescending - that exercise was by the reader. Thanks for signing on to it. I can't always help that someone reads some intent into my post that wasn't there. Enough said Craig -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
