From desimn@rpi.edu Fri Jun 10 07:05:27 2005 From: Nate DeSimone To: ros-dev@reactos.org Subject: Re: [ros-dev] PowerPC arcitecture? Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 01:02:12 -0400 Message-ID: <42A91ED4.9040508@rpi.edu> In-Reply-To: <20050604192945.75408.qmail@web52910.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============7163617407829144969==" --===============7163617407829144969== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit If you look at the message is was sent in both plain text and HTML format Quandary wrote: >On Sat, Jun 04, 2005 at 12:03:48PM -0500, Rick >Langschultz wrote: > > >>I use Outlook XP to compose mail to my boss and to a >> >> >support team. I > > >>have to use HTML formatting in my mail messages. >> >> >Sorry for the > > >>inconvenience I have caused. If people want to get >> >> >picky about the mail > > >>format and not the content of the message, they >> >> >should re-evaluate their > > >>purposes involved in developing code, and material >> >> >for computers. > > > >If you've ever tried to read an XML/HTML message in a >plain-text reader >(such as mutt, which is my client of choice), you >would understand why >folks complain. > >To draw an analogy as to how silly your claim is (that >the formatting >should be ignored completely), consider the following >scenarios: > >1. A huge C program that works, but has no comments >and obfuscated code. > "If you can't understand it without comments, you >should re-evaluate > your programming ability." > >2. A patch that has thousands of formatting changes >intermixed with > bugfixes. > "If you can't appreciate the functionality of a >freely offered patch > that seems to fix a bug, you should re-evaluate >your stance as a > community-based project." > >3. Documentation provided in rendered PS (or another >opaque format). > "If you can't appreciate the accuracy and >user-friendliness of the > documentation, you should re-evaluate your position >on having a > well-documented system." > > >See, these are all silly. It's easy for one side to >just ignore the >other -- yes, you may need whatever formatting HTML >provides you for >work correspondence; it's easy for you to forget that >it's even there. >Likewise, it's easy for those of us who edit and send >raw text to ignore >how engrained HTML can be in some mail front-ends. But >at the end of the >day, the lowest common denominator is plain-text -- >and that's something >folks will expect you to conform to. > >Just like a patch with a thousand formatting changes, >now matter how >many bugs it fixes, it will be rejected. So to with >your mails -- no >matter how good the merit is, if we have to mind-parse >the gibberish, >it's just going to be outright rejected. > > >Thanks for understanding, > > >-- Travis > > > > > >>Rick Langschultz >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: ros-dev-bounces(a)reactos.com >> >> >[mailto:ros-dev-bounces(a)reactos.com] > > >>On Behalf Of Mike Nordell >>Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 9:19 AM >>To: ReactOS Development List >>Subject: Re: [ros-dev] PowerPC arcitecture? >> >>Rick Langschultz wrote: >> >> >> >>>>> >>> >xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = > > >>>xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" >>> >>> >= > > >>>xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> >>> >>> >>[lots and lots of useless XML tags mixed in an >> >> >unholy cesspool with HTTP > > >>snipped] >> >>Could you please trim that crap? I am, as I hope the >> >> >majority of list > > >>subscribers are too, not especially interested in >> >> >that you wrote an > > >>e-mail >>in MSWord and that your "SpellingState" is "Clean". >> >>Please use plain-text only. >> >>Thank you for your cooperation. >> >>/Mike >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Ros-dev mailing list >>Ros-dev(a)reactos.com >>http://reactos.com:8080/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Ros-dev mailing list >>Ros-dev(a)reactos.com >>http://reactos.com:8080/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev >> >> >> > > > > >__________________________________ >Discover Yahoo! >Stay in touch with email, IM, photo sharing and more. Check it out! >http://discover.yahoo.com/stayintouch.html >_______________________________________________ >Ros-dev mailing list >Ros-dev(a)reactos.com >http://reactos.com:8080/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev > > > > --===============7163617407829144969==--