RE: [Dev-C++] One more time: HOW TO UNSUBSCRIBE!

[Rob <ro...@us...>]

While I'd imagine most of us would agree with a little eye-rolling at how
much trouble some people seem to have posting unsubscription pleas to the
user list, especially assuming that they must see us go through this with
their brethren as well, I don't think it's necessary to generalize about
Windows users over it. Windows is an OS that's abundantly available on the
market, and I think it's safe to say that most people have a Microsoft OS on
their first personal computer. It's a point of first contact for entire
generations of newbies.

Some of the people who have these problems on the list here may be people
who decided that they like computers quite a lot and so tried their hand at
becoming Computer Science majors in college. Their first class may have been
an Intro To CS using C++, and they found themselves staring down the barrel
of a student edition of MS Visual C++, which led them running as fast as
they could to a search engine to find something a touch more
newbie-friendly, so they tried out Dev-C++. When they finally decide that
this just isn't going to be what makes them feel happy & fulfilled, they
want out decisively, but as relative newbies they panic and bolt.

I doubt it's always just like this, but it does provide an alternative way
of looking at things. Perhaps if someone out there who's thinking of posting
the next *unsubscribe please* request can fill in a few of the details, it
will make a bit more sense.

Happy Thursday,
Rob Andrews
http://uselesspython.com

> -----Original Message-----
> You know, I think windows users are stupid. (no offense to the windows
> users who aren't stupid).  I'm on a lot of mailing lists, but most are
> for unix-like things, and this is the only list for a windows piece of
> software. This is the only one that seems to get the "please unsubscribe
> me" messages. The only thing I see here is the windows vs.
> free-operating-system users. Hell, there's even a link on the bottom of
> the message for the list management page....
>
>
> That's my $0.02.
>
> Vance
>