On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:44:03 -0600 Scott Berry <sberry@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I don't appreciate the way you treated my Dad. This was uncalled for. To the contrary, Scott. You (and he) should be thanking me and the other people on this mailing list for volunteering our time, knowledge and our respective expertise to assist each other (and you and him) with issues surrounding Linux. > He is 75 years old and learning computers. That's nice. Good for him! Now, he knows a little more about computers (in particular, mailing lists) than he did before: Use a descriptive subject line, and ask questions that contain enough detail that someone else can give you an answer other than "give more detail". > Come on can't you be a little more friendlier? I answered his question as best I could using the information that he gave me. What program created his db file? There are, as you can see, lots of possibilities, and after he tells us that we can then give him further advice. The general advice I provided about using a descriptive subject line was because I have seen many posts from him with the subject of "help", "nice" and the like, which provide no context for the message thread that he's attempting to start at all. If he is just now "learning computers" as you say, then I have given him good advice and he would be well to follow it in the future. It will make things much easier in the future for everyone who subscribes to this mailing list and makes the posts here more useful and easier to sort and deal with for anyone who is researching posts on it through the archives in the future. Now, that's neither unfriendly or uncalled for. Accordingly, you should now apologize to me for YOUR uncalled for remarks. Yes, I mean that. And I'm waiting. -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com
