On 7/11/19 8:27 AM, Michael StJohns wrote: > "Unprofessional" (RFC3005's "Unprofessional commentary") has a lot of > meanings, and Webster has it as "**not exhibiting a courteous, > conscientious, or generally businesslike manner in the workplace", but > at times there will be a conflict between what's perceived as > "courteous" and what's "conscientious". I don't think anybody's arguing that people shouldn't make the technical points that need to be made. However, if the goal is persuasion, which I think we probably agree it is (or should be) that suggests that the argument, in both substance and form, should be persuasive rather than alienating. Melinda -- Melinda Shore melinda.shore@xxxxxxxxx Software longa, hardware brevis
