Thanks Tom;

You, in particular, have been very helpful to me over the last month and I
want you to know I appreciate it.

"Tom Ogilvy" wrote:

You can ask programming questions here. Best to put each question in a
separate post unless they are related or they all relate to some complex and
involved situation which you need to include in the post for full
understanding.

I work a lot in Linux and use various Linux mailing lists. I have noticed a
couple of things on this MS mailing list I would like to ask about. There
doesn't seem to be any chattyness or friendly humour -- all business. If
that is the accepted style, I'll stop being casual myself.

No one ever seems to drift into OT (off topic). Although I agree one should
try to be relevant to the list purpose, on the Fedora mailing list, for
example, there was a great 250 post OT thread discussing the use of English
in programming that included particapants from around the world.

Not being critaical; just asking. 'When in Rome, do as the Romans do.'

Regards Bill