On Thursday, August 08, 2019 04:50:31 AM Nicolas George wrote:
> deloptes (12019-08-08):
> > Well strictly speaking two different things are referred as server:
> <snip>
>
> I have observed that contributors on this mailing-list have a tendency
> to fall in two categories:
>
> - those who try to understand what the original poster says in order to
> reply in the most helpful manner ;
>
> - those who try to understand what the original poster says in order to
> find imprecisions and then forcefully educate them.
Interesting, I think there are a few more categories (and this is incomplete
in a number of ways):
* those that try to educate themselves by reading, and sometimes asking
questions to clarify their own understanding
* those that lose sight of the OPs question / problem and diverge from that
topic, especially without making an appropriate change to the Subject line.
* hmm, there are some others, I have to think about how to phrase them --
sometimes (among others) threads drag on for a long time (i.e., lots of posts)
for various reasons, among them:
* <well, I have to think about it (did I say that) -- I may try to add
more categories later ;-)
