Re: Rant, please ignore

From: Dave (dspear99ca_at_yahoo.delete.com)
Date: 07/21/04 

Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 14:23:59 GMT

"Keith Keller" <kkeller-usenet@wombat.san-francisco.ca.us> wrote in message
news:drs0t1xsg8.ln2@goaway.wombat.san-francisco.ca.us...
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> That's like saying "I bought this arsenic, so I'd better drink it."

Dunno' if that analogy fits...
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> > Unfortunately, I do not wield such power at my place of employment as to
> > dictate the desktop OS.
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> So, does your employer dictate which newsreader you use, as well?
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> I don't really think all that many people care about your user agent, as
> long as you don't screw up your post with it. Many have complained that
> OE (and, I suppose, Outlook) defaults to top-posting, and the end-user
> doesn't always try to fix that. Those who don't bother to fix OE's
> top-posting are deservedly flamed.
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A-HA! An objective reason for disliking this particular news client! Thank
you. Yes, my reader defaults to top-posting. To be honest with you I
hadn't even thought about trying to change it, you get used to "that's how
it is" and work with what ya' got.

> Your newsreader sucks, but it's *your* choice to use it. Don't fool
> yourself into thinking that just because it's installed means that you
> *must* use it. Don't try to fool us into thinking the same, either.
>
Nobody, including myself, said anything about having to use it... it's my
choice as you say. Given the single valid reason (above) I've heard for
disliking Outlook, and also given that I seem to have worked around the
top-posting thing quite nicely, I find that the degree of criticism (see
poster below, calling me not just an idiot but insane as well, ha ha ha ha
ha!) does not match the scale of the event, know what I mean? Do you?

Out of curiosity, which news clients are "approved" by the "linux purists"?
I used Netscape's news client for years but find it takes about three times
as long to load as my Outlook client. It is truly unfortunate that
Microsoft applications run better on Microsoft OS's as fools like me are
sometimes unwilling (but, please note, often ARE willing) to accept lower
performance in exchange for not feeding the beast.

Take 'r easy or any way you can.

Dave

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