[Mono-dev] SPAM-LOW: Re: Running .net appliation from mac

[Charlie Poole]

Hi Andreas,

I'm not sure how much we want to go into this but...

Some cultures use little words like please, others rely
on non-verbal cues. Some people use automatic translation,
while others use their own skills.

The OP was considered "rude" because he used an imperative
construct, rather than asking a question. The reply did
exactly the same thing. He didn't say "please" - neither
did the reply. Maybe that was deliberate irony, but it 
came across to me as merely being unnecessarily harsh.
The poster will have to be very brave to try again.

If we want to encourage certain ways of communicating, I 
strongly believe we have to model them. 

As far as Nabble goes, I'm with you. I use mail lists 
rather than online forums because I'm often disconnected.
Typical Nabble responses don't include any context unless
you go to the site.

Charlie

> Am 16.12.2008 um 16:33 schrieb Steve Bjorg:
> 
> > Did it not occur to you that English might not be the 
> poster's native 
> > language?
> 
> Even Google can translate "please" correctly afaihs.
> 
> Nabble has significantly drowned the quality of the Mono 
> mailing lists with such unprofessional two-line posts without 
> proper name below (and a stupid signature that has no meaning 
> other than to enlarge Nabble.com's Page Rank). That's not a 
> question of language. I rarely still read Mono-list or 
> Mono-osx due to this unfortunate phenomenon, but the 
> offending message is on Mono-dev, where such a newbie 
> question certainly is wrong.
> 
> Andreas
> 
> Linked from the main page: http://mono-project.com/Start
> also: http://www.mono-project.com/Guide:Running_Mono_Applications
> 
> >
> > - Steve
> >
> > --------------
> > Steve G. Bjorg
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> >
> > On Dec 16, 2008, at 6:49 AM, Timothy Smith wrote:
> >
> >> First trying adding "please" to your requests and maybe pose your 
> >> request as a question. The mono contributors work hard to 
> make any of 
> >> this happen!
> >>
> >> On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 5:07 AM, Jayaganesan 
> >> <jayashree at extolutionind.com
> >> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi, I have developed an windows application using .net 
> 3.5, I need to 
> >> run this application from a mac machine. Let me know how 
> to achieve 
> >> do this...
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