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Subject:Re: (giggle) Re: Official name for the @ symbol? From:Matt Craver <MCraver -at- OPENSOLUTIONS -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 22 Apr 1999 11:19:14 -0400
Matt Ion <soundy -at- SOUNDY -dot- ORG> wrote:
seems anymore, someone sees an '@' symbol,
and simply assumes it denotes an email address.
But of course, certain software products from Redmond automatically and by
default make the same assumption. This makes writing documents with
commands that use the same symbol infuriating! Rule #1 for software design
should be:
Never assume your software is smarter than its user.
-Matthew Craver,
Documentation Supervisor
Open Solutions Inc.
Mcraver -at- opensolutions -dot- com
