Re: Newcomer Help

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Date	2014-02-13 04:56 +1100
Subject	Re: Newcomer Help
From	Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Message-ID	<mailman.6771.1392227820.18130.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

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On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 2:17 AM, Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> On 2014-02-12, Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> wrote:
>>
>>> In other contexts eg corporates, often the culture is the opposite:
>>> top-posting with strictly NO trimming.
>>
>> I've never found a corporation that objects to the sensible
>> conversation-style, minimal-quotes-for-context interleaved posting style.
>
> I've always worked in corporations where the email "culture" is the
> Microsoft-induced "lazy and stupid" style as you describe.

Lazy, stupid, and vulnerable to a major privacy breach. I haven't
personally experienced this, but my Mum has on occasion: a (lengthy)
private conversation between two people in an organization, then they
come to a conclusion that should go public, and cc someone outside the
organization (my Mum, in this case) on the final email...... complete
with the entire history. Yup.

ChrisA

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Re: Newcomer Help Walter Hughey <wkhughey@gmail.com> - 2014-02-11 11:49 -0500
  Re: Newcomer Help Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-02-11 19:01 -0800
    Re: Newcomer Help Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-02-12 15:14 +1100
      Re: Newcomer Help Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-02-12 15:17 +0000
        Re: Newcomer Help Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-02-13 04:56 +1100
        Re: Newcomer Help Tim Delaney <timothy.c.delaney@gmail.com> - 2014-02-13 08:07 +1100
        Re: Newcomer Help Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-02-13 08:22 +1100

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