communication style

[Alan Jacobs]

> To assume SP is used just by Microsoft would show that this discussion
> were taking place in a non-technical computer list. I know you said
> 'primarily', but that reinforces this fact, I believe. Context, once
> more.

Right -- I said, "primarily." So exactly what fact does that reinforce?

>
> > And in any case, don't we have better things to do than chastise
> > people for "improper" abbreviations in subject lines? Good grief.
>
> Who was chastising?

The first post in this thread, obviously.

> I was having an interesting discussion about context.

And I am continuing that comversation, by pointing out that in *this*
context the use of SP to mean "Service Pack" is not relevant, whereas
its use to mean "Sneaky Peak" is.