Question

[Darcy Casselman]

Sure.


On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 4:37 PM, Bob Jonkman <bjonkman at sobac.com> wrote:

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> Can I still be an opinionated blowhard too?
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> - --Bob.
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> On 14-02-24 04:35 PM, Darcy Casselman wrote:
> > Congratulations, Bob, you are now a list moderator. :)
> >
> > Darcy.
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 3:50 PM, Bob Jonkman <bjonkman at sobac.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > On 14-02-22 09:30 PM, David M. Pelly wrote:
> >>>> I have a question to all you techies out there.
> >>>>
> >>>> And it is not a Ubuntu question.
> >>>>
> >>>> So I hope no one minds.
> >>>>
> >>>> This forum is not overly busy with conventional use,
> >>>> anyways.
> >
> > It turns out people *do* mind.  Here's a message I received this
> > afternoon:
> >
> >>>> @bobjonkman so after seeing the Skype
> >>>> recommendations/cheering in the ubuntu-ca ML this weekend, i
> >>>> unsubscribed :(
> >
> >
> > The reason topical mailing lists exist is to focus interest on
> > that one particular topic.  This is an Ubuntu mailing list, and the
> > topics that are discussed are pretty broad. How to use MagicJack
> > with Ubuntu, or how to install Skype in Ubuntu would be fair game.
> > But getting recommendations for a proprietary, non-free,
> > privacy-robbing service not even remote related to operating
> > systems isn't one of those topics.
> >
> > People are busy, but some make the effort to contribute to the
> > community anyway. When others don't respect that investment of time
> > by knowingly and deliberately flaunting mailing list etiquette we
> > get people dropping out. This person was a long-time contributor
> > and participant, and the Ubuntu Canada team is made poorer by the
> > loss.
> >
> > --Bob, who is an opinionated blowhard but not a list moderator.
> >
> > http://quitter.se/notice/2421258
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> >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ca
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> >
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