It has been suggested on another thread that the tone of some of my
messages might 'be a bit kinder'

I tend to give answers, when I can, suitable for the level of the person
asking the questions and thus the answers can be somewhat abrupt when I
expect that the person who asked the question can understand what I am
saying. Obviously an answer to a 'newbie' to Linux has to be done on an
entirely different manner, more attention to the exact details and
somewhat different in tone.

Thus, when Nathan - a long time PLUG'er and long time and knowledgable
Linux user asks a question, my answers are going to be short, as
specific as necessary and include most of my concerns about why I am
thinking that it is likely to be a bad idea that he go down that path.

When Mike Enriquez asked about how to make 3 different sound cards work,
I gave him a longer, more explained version of how I would handle it and
he went out and bought a new card anyway  ;-)  Surely my tone on that
exchange couldn't be questioned (or can it?) Needless to say, my advice
with that new card isn't going to change.

I have now looked back on the messages that I have posted during the
month of March and the only thing that I think someone could have
possibly objected to was my desire not to have the list spammed with
GMail invite offers - if that was an effrontery on the successful
commerce on this list (or any other), please let me know.

Craig

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