Lindsay Sprinter <zlinw@mcmedia.com.au> wrote:
Now I have always maintained in order to understand something properly one __MUST__ have a good background on the basic principles. Any kind of suppressing discusions of such subjects is a major backward step. A far as I can see from the replies on this thread this is actually shunned on these lists in favor of _only_ linux discussions. A Linux desktop system consists of way more than the kernel and a bunch of libraries and other programs. I believe one should be able to discuss and post items on these other topics without being belted over the back of the head with a line of words ;-).
I don't think this last sentence accurately characterizes what I wrote earlier in the thread. I specifically made a favourable comment on the content of your post and then suggested that it should be taken to luv-talk in accordance with well established mailing list policy. That wasn't intended as a criticism or an attack, and I apologize unreservedly for any ofence caused. It is clear that the subject of the post was not specifically Linux-related, and as such, it didn't belong on luv-main. You could have made it easier for yourself and for everyone else by following the advice given later in the thread of sending subsequent posts to luv-talk and asking people to include you in the CC field so that you would receive copies of replies without having to subscribe to luv-talk. That would, in my respectful opinion, have been the sensible and rational response. I also hope this is the end of the matter and we can all put it behind us now.