Re: Seeking a Linux or Unix programming guru for CTO position

["Ruchir Tewari" <ruchir_tewari@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I agree with Naban. The clause to put a Commercial tag
is just a request with a 'please', not even a rule.
Calling it an offense and giving a warning and a threat to boot,
is what crossed the bounds of politeness, rather than
the mail of the original poster. The original post is quite on-topic
and relevant IM-not-so-HO, compared to all the other nonsense that is 
discussed here. If it had to be said, it should have been in
a more polite manner and in a private mail.

regards,
- Ruchir

> From: Raju Mathur Reply-To: raju@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To: 
> linux-india-programmers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-india-
>
> Hi Naba,
>
> Please understand that rules are rules. If you don't like them, protest 
> logically or leave. Please don't disparage the rules just because you 
> happen not to agree with them.
>
> The List Admin did not insult anyone with his post. If anything, the 
> original message was an insult, making it quite apparent that the author 
> was only interested in using the medium without bothering to find out the 
> thoughts and feelings of the community which subscribes to the medium.
>
> Short rules are available at:
>
> http://linux-delhi.org/index.phtml?curpage=lists.inc&pgtitle=Helo
>
> These are not exactly Linux-India mailing list rules, but the general idea 
> is the same. Please pay special attention to the following (which applies 
> to Linux-India too):
>
> -- Commercial posts, job offerings etc. for anything having to do anything 
> with Linux are acceptable. Please prefix [Commercial] in the subject line.
>
> Remember, no one is getting paid to run the list or the web site, or to 
> contribute anything to the list -- it's all volunteer effort. Is it so 
> terrible if these same volunteers make up some guidelines to help them 
> achieve their purposes more effectively?
>
> Regards,
>
> -- Raju
>
> >>>>> "Naba" == Naba Kumar writes:
>
> Naba> liadmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >> On Fri, Mar 09, 2001 at 
> 03:13:20PM -0500, did David Bodnick >> write: > We've had a tough time 
> finding someone with the right >> credentials to be our > Chief Technology 
> Officer in India, so >> I'm hoping that someone on this list > would either 
> be >> qualified for this position or know someone who is. It is a > >> 
> fantastic opportunity for the right candidate, with a great >> base salary 
> and > enormous upside potential. >> >> David, >> >> You sent the above 
> email to the Linux India General mailing >> list. According to the rules of 
> this mailing list posts of a >> commercial nature (such as yours) have to 
> be prefixed on the >> subject line with the 'COMMERCIAL' tag. You have 
> broken this >> rule. >> >> This is a warning email to let you know that if 
> this offense is >> repeated, you will be banned from the mailing list. >> 
> >> >> List Admin
>
> Naba> Isn't that too much of an Insult. He wasn't selling or Naba> 
> advertizing anything. In fact he was trying to help people Naba> who may 
> need jobs. So where is the question of _COMMERCIAL_ Naba> in it.
>
> Naba> As far as offending the lists rule is concerned, Naba> I am wondering 
> how many people have read it when Naba> they subscribed to the list (Won't 
> it be better if Naba> the rules were made a bit smaller, so that ppl can 
> Naba> read them when they subscribe: - Only a matter of Naba> ergonomics).
>
> Naba> [snip]
>
> --
> Raju Mathur raju@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://kandalaya.org/
>
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