Bill wrote:
> "Matt Whiting" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>Bill wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Sorry, Matt. I'm not going into corporate politics here. It was just time
>>>to go. I still think the product is a good product and I still love
>>>teaching, but now I teach for Volvo Penta, the marine propulsion segment
>>>of Volvo AB.
>>>I occasion this newsgroup, but I don't have a whole lot of time to answer
>>>a bunch of posts, so I pick a few every once in a while and answer them.
>>
>>I was just curious.
>>
>>
>>
>>>Bill
>>>
>>>And Matt, I think it was you that told me earlier that posting at the top
>>>was for newbies
>>
>>Very likely, as it is. So why are you still doing it? Good teachers
>>should be good learners also! :-)
>>
>>Even if bottom posting hadn't been a convention since the dawn of ARPAnet,
>>it simply makes sense. English writing people write and read from the top
>>down. Bottom posting maintains the chronology in the direction we read.
>>I'm amazed that otherwise logical people can't figure this out.
>>
>>
>>Matt
>>
>
>
> Then why is the Microsoft default in Outlook Express at the top ?
>
> Bill
>
>

Yes, I have the same problem with Outlook at work. Leave it to MS to be
both illogical and different at the same time. That is why I still use
Netscape for mail and news.


Matt