Mailing list etiquette (was Re: i18n)

[robertlaferla at comcast.net (Robert La Ferla)]

Ed Hill wrote:
> And in terms of apologies (as suggest by a previous poster), I'm not
> about to do so.  I think that what Jerry wrote was complete and utter
> nonsense.  Particularly for a list that is supposed to help Linux users
> of all skill levels.  Telling folks that Linux doesn't support Unicode
> is simply untrue and totally unproductive
You can get your point across without being rude.  In fact, it's more 
effective because people will listen to what you say rather than be 
offended by how you said it.  The BLU mailing list is a "general 
discussion list" and not a "Linux support list" even though there is 
lots of support for and from Linux users on it.  You can be assertive 
and merely say that "On the contrary, Linux indeed supports Unicode and 
here's why..." and that is more productive.