<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Phil Monger <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:philm94@gmail.com">philm94@gmail.com</a>></span> replied<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
c, the following industries are UK taxpayer subsidised :</blockquote></div>to <a href="mailto:newbies@openstreetmap.org">newbies@openstreetmap.org</a>, where such national polemic doesn't belong.<br><br>Are all Brits newbies, or are all Newbies Brits?<br>
<br>I didn't think so.<br><br>it was <b>politely</b> <b>suggested</b> you move this political discussion off the world-wide english Newbies channel where it may scare away folks looking for help, to the GB issues channel where at least any non-taxed listeners are potentially interested. (I as a Bloody Yank am rather a fan of the *old* OS, and would find this discussion of the New OS fascinating ... in the right list...)<br clear="all">
<br>I will second the suggestion, rather <i>less</i> politely.<br><br>-- <br>Bill<br><a href="mailto:n1vux@arrl.net">n1vux@arrl.net</a> <a href="mailto:bill.n1vux@gmail.com">bill.n1vux@gmail.com</a><br>