Where Fedora Went Wrong (nice conclusion)
Jim Cornette
fc-cornette at insight.rr.com
Sun May 20 13:54:23 UTC 2007
Anne Wilson wrote:
>> What it stands for is the first letter of each word in "There ain't no such
>> thing as a free lunch"
>>
> I've known the saying for as long as I can remember, though I don't recall
> ever seeing the acronym before.
>
> Actually, I deplore the use of long acronyms that frequently mean little or
> nothing to the reader.
>
> Anne
>
I despise acronyms myself. I never know what someone is referring to,
especially the example put forth on the list. Stating that there was no
such thing as a free lunch would have been better and understood my more
readers of the list.
Jim
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