This strain of conversation just goes to show we are all different in our
attitudes -- Thank goodness or we'd have nothing to learn from each other.
I for one, though I'm not sure what this has to do with the quality of my
managing a collection, am irritated by all caps and have no problem with all
lower case even though I choose to use both.  I do have a problem with name
calling.  Disagreeing, yes, but name calling seems a little unprofessional.
I wonder if we were in the same room having some of these discussions would
we be so cruel?  One reason I stayed in this profession is because I found
most people to be very kind and helpful as I was learning my trade.

Also since we're on the subject.  I would prefer people not request answers
to queries off-line.  I would like at least some of the answers to appear
for my benefit as well.  I've learned alot from the questions and answers
posted here.

Enough.  Long responses also lose my attention.

Thanks for sharing.
Jerrie

Jerrie Clarke
Curator of Collections
Valdez Museum
http://www.alaska.net/~vldzmuse/index.html


>From: Boylan P <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: CAPS or no caps
>Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 14:37:26 +0000
>
>
>James:
>
>Surely you have this the wrong way round?  The old computer '60s and
>'70s mainframe computer standard was surely CAPITALS only not all lower
>case?  Remember very well the sensation that the arrival of the first
>stand-alone computers running under CP/M or BASIC produced when they
>started to appear in the eatl to mid '70s because there was the typewriter
>shift key at last.
>
>More seriously, anyone who wants to write in one case only should use
>capitals - which are much more readable than all lower case/
>
>
>Patrick Boylan





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