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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