Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2020 16:05:59 +0100 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> To: Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> Cc: Yuri Pankov <yuripv@yuripv.dev>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: freebsd vs. netbsd Message-ID: <20200611160559.0203b14f687c029b8311c13d@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <CAGBxaXkV79Qq%2BcgaWMAavoD6xNYCHRWraJ9YjqtVnO1NB1=Rww@mail.gmail.com> References: <171506d5-19aa-359e-c21d-f07257c52ebd@freenetMail.de> <20200610063555.00003707@seibercom.net> <82F57D0D-E0EC-49F7-824E-20A296C9F549@kicp.uchicago.edu> <250b853a-b436-0e99-b05c-9abd6b6019ef@panix.com> <20200611070630.2cb42786.freebsd@edvax.de> <EA869B95-9D98-4ECC-9371-C57A0035BC32@kreme.com> <20200611091449.383e1d83@archlinux> <53a6833e-db63-2395-4d2e-f05a9b1fb269@boxsci.com> <CAEJNuHyxQ=Bm89wQ_8jPdmSXRDP5zPyHZYFi1XS%2BH6h1mAJZ_A@mail.gmail.com> <CAGBxaX=V7Jk1LUrsw8KjwcrXNrHMBim2gVe6dTAtR6C6wBPz2w@mail.gmail.com> <20200611112418.0bb0c896b685c84ed8d6a8f6@sohara.org> <CAGBxaXmkDd4h7YkrwkZACM9vzBY5p3L9WqRTBmFtUUBMd_HhGA@mail.gmail.com> <20200611135639.0c07500e@archlinux> <36a71c5c-ccf0-d28d-c6c1-1d9c80873a12@yuripv.dev> <CAGBxaXkb96QKzkA1cnmdKfAarb0Wf6xrbd-kYG5eESa0TtG_Gw@mail.gmail.com> <20200611151006.6fd1b33af49b7b07e8f4994f@sohara.org> <CAGBxaXkV79Qq%2BcgaWMAavoD6xNYCHRWraJ9YjqtVnO1NB1=Rww@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, 11 Jun 2020 10:20:53 -0400 Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 10:10 AM Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> > wrote: > > > There is a different set of conventions appropriate in the > > corporate email context (and probably personal email but threads are > > less common there). To whit top posting and retention of complete > > context. > > > > Oddly people usually say inline is the better way to preserve context (I > actually agree). Yes it is, in a mailing list. However in the corporate environment where you might receive a mail thread that has been bouncing around for some time because someone thinks you can usefully contribute. In that context having the complete history available in the message helps even if you have to read the whole stack from the bottom up to catch up. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith | Directable Mirror Arrays C:\>WIN | A better way to focus the sun The computer obeys and wins. | licences available see You lose and Bill collects. | http://www.sohara.org/
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