Re: Importing XML

gooiditweg_at_sybrandb.demon.nl said...
> On Fri, 21 Mar 2003 00:55:04 GMT, Karsten Farrell
> <kfarrell_at_belgariad.com> wrote:
>
> >Did you
> >recently switch newsreaders, Sybrand? You seem to have taken it on
> >yourself lately to be the top/bottom poster police.
>
> No, some moron started advocating top posting and now everyone else is
> top posting. Which they definitely shouldn't
>
> Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA
>
But the trouble with crusades is that they don't work and never have. Just look at history. Have any crusades in the past permanently changed everyone into following the same set of rules?

Remember, usenet is not defined by a single organization or company. With Oracle, we have to do things the way Oracle Corp decides. With usenet, we have to accept diversity.

There is a common myth that someone somewhere has defined an appropriate set of netiquette rules. But if you look behind the curtain, you'll see that there are no rules. And I have seen some convincing arguments that indicate that my preference for bottom posting does have some drawbacks for others on this NG ... like those who use Google as their newsreader.

In my own case, I've learned that what I like or don't like about how people post to NGs doesn't amount to much. What I like ain't worth doggie-doo to anyone else. Instead of letting it upset me, I just look at the content of what they say ... whether it's at the top, bottom, or - as some have tried - at the side.

-- 
/Karsten
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