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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by zardoz</i> <br /><br />[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by TheAntiGates</i> <br /><br />[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by Big_Boy_4005</i> <br /><br />Mark, that link didn't work on my computer, but it might just be me. <br /> <br />I.[swg] <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Don'tcha just HATE people who assume that everyone has purchased MSWindows and all the related garbage microsoft hopes you will buy to stick in with it? <br /> <br />Posting MS Word documents on the web bites the big one! [}:)] [/quote] <br /> <br />Might your forum name indicate you have prolems with Microsoft, thereby slightly prejudicing your opinion? Or did your problems with Microsoft result in your forum name? If you insist on being a part of a minority (MAC, LINUX), you must be willing to accept the inconveniences associated with that choice. <br /> <br />I know Microsoft products have security holes so large you could drive a train through them, but it is sort of like our president; like it (him) or not, we're stuck with it (him). <br /> <br />Just because MAC's are much better engineered and Linux is so much better written, doesn't mean they will become more popular. Look what happened to Beta video tapes; they had a much higher 'lines of resolution' count, and yet VHS won out. Do you know why? Because consumers misused and confused the terms VHS and VCR, and the VHS had a longer recording time per tape--never mind the image quality was terrible. <br /> <br />Microsoft will remain the leader because it's marketing and products are aimed at the "lowest common denominator' of computer experience (i.e. XP Home). Unfortunately. <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />I'm saying all this with a smile on my face, so please do not misinterpret this as an attack upon you personally. <br /> <br />But it's funny how in your ru***o marginalize my opinion, you assumed wrong on both of your guesses as to what operating system I must be using. (you did get the "non-windows" bit right, so I'll give you half credit. [;)] ) <br /> <br /> <br />I was able to download the questionable file, open it with a rather liberal text editor, scrape off the Microjunk gobbledy gook, and read the message, just fine....Another member here was not so fortunate. <br /> <br />Using closed standards on the internet, when alternative open standards of equivalent quality are available,....is BS. <br /> <br />([soapbox] People should not be EXPECTED to use windows as a prerequisite to utilizing the internet effectively. By "picking up the candy" Mr Gates nefariously lays out for all the kiddies to use, it builds a dependacy that ultimately lines his pockets. In my not so humble opinion, responsible web stewardship includes putting forth whatever reasonable effort is available to assure that the Redmond menace does not effect propriety onto the peoples internet. [soapbox] <br /> <br />Thankyou![:D]
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