caps are the "root" of all evil? ;)

Subject: caps are the "root" of all evil? ;)
From: Cheryle Wiese <cjwiese -at- HOTMAIL -dot- COM>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 11:13:26 PDT

William Blank reported:

>>i have nothing against capital letters, it's just that the internet's
>>history is rooted in the unix operating system and so, quite often,
>>character strings are case-sensitive; in order to simplify typing,
>>especially with a new keyboard, we communciate via e-mail and internet
>>using lower-case letters as much as possible; only if there is some
>>real need to use capitalization do use them.


And I thought that Mr. Bonney was just an e.e. cummings fan.


Cheryle ;)

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