[ILUG] Winux partitions

[Noel Carroll]

Hear hear!!  Next time any of us writes back to someone to explain why their
mail to the list wasn't appropriate, why not read it and imagine if you
yourself had received this mail from a faceless member of a list whose
purpose you did not understand fully.  I don't see anything wrong with this
guy's post either.  Looks like a newbie post.  Newbies probably don't know
that manufacturers use utility partitions.  Be realistic for heaven's sake.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: HAMILTON,DAVID (HP-Ireland,ex2) [mailto:david_hamilton3 at hp.com]
> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 4:01 PM
> To: 'Kenn Humborg'; Colm Buckley; jac1; ilug at linux.ie
> Subject: RE: [ILUG] Winux partitions
> 
> 
> But if you look at his last post, he did say that he wanted 
> to dual boot the
> system, and he had previously mentioned LILO, which is ever 
> so slightly
> Linux related, so can we please stop being such techno-snobs.
> Some of us have to use Windoze for most of our work, and can 
> only use Linux
> when it suits.
> 
> 	David.
> 
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kenn Humborg [mailto:kenn at bluetree.ie]
> Sent: 12 July 2001 15:56
> To: Colm Buckley; jac1; ilug at linux.ie
> Subject: RE: [ILUG] Winux partitions
> 
> 
> > On Thursday 12 July 2001 15:50, jac1 wrote:
> > 
> > > RE M$, I have learned not to mention them or their products again
> > > unless it is to put them down.  However there is no obligation on
> > > everyone to answer every question, if you don't want to then just
> > > delete it.
> > 
> > I assume this is directed at me; apologise if I'm being 
> oversensitive.
> > 
> > It's not a question of whether one is pro- or anti-microsoft; it's
> > that your questions are basically using the group as a 
> "geek pool" for
> > answering *any* vaguely technical questions.  This is not 
> the purpose
> > of the ILUG; it is a *Linux* *Users* *Group*.  If you have Linux
> > questions, there are many people here who will put a considerable
> > amount of effort into answering them.  But asking questions about
> > Microsoft Access (of all things) just isn't fair; even if there's
> > someone here willing to help, it's an abuse of the list.
> 
> I fully agree with Colm here.  There is an Irish list suitable 
> for this kind of question: technobabble at redbrick.dcu.ie.
> 
> Remember that there are (what it is now?) ~700 subscribers that are
> obviously interested in _Linux_ related discussion.  So, while nobody
> has an obligation to answer off-topic questions, it's definitely a 
> bit impolite (to use a mild word) to expect the list server machine
> to deliver 700 copies of your message and expect 700 people to read
> it and delete it.
> 
> Later,
> Kenn
> 
> 
> 
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