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#1

... this is an example of the inanity;
              rather than responding, as 1 thoughtful soul did do, this
person decides to ridicule me.

       Why shouldn't I have the right to know?; actually, why shouldn't the
list have the right to know?

       BTW - IF this narcissistic attitude on the part of some on this list
does not end, then the marketing of LO is fighting a losing battle;
             HOW can any user of this product learn, if we're attacked for
asking questions?

       Sure some questions might seem overly simple to those who know, but
to one who does not know, the answer, explained in a simplified manner,
might be just what's needed in order to continue using these machines.

       And, remember, that you 'experts' on these machines were not always
that way - you too had to ask questions and receive simplified answers.

#2

Hello Anne,

Waow. Thank you for making my private mail and question public,
especially when I had mentioned the mail to be private.

The reason I asked -and I asked this in private- was precisely not to
sound arrogant, trying to belittle you or anything of that sort.

From what I understand, you did not know the answer to the question you

asked. It is perfectly normal not to know, and perfectly normal to
ask. However, given the actual nature of your question, and the fact
that you have been around the project for quite some time (and a
moderator of the user list?) I would have expected you to know the
answer and then I thought that you were trying to have Sophie point at
the right URL. I was not sure. So I asked in private, knowing asking
such a question in public would not be taken the right way.

I apologize for having dared to ask a question in private and if that
question was taken the wrong way. It really wasn't meant to be.

Charles.

#3

[snip]

Do you mean Charles' "Are you asking this question because.."
question? Maybe it's a language barrier thing, but that wasn't
ridicule. That was just a question.

Regards,
Jim