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| DATE | 2002-06-11 |
| FROM | Jay Sulzberger
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] I Bid You All Adieu
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On 11 Jun 2002, Brendan W. McAdams wrote:
> You talk and you talk about how we need to do this and we need to do
> that and yet you don't do anything about it.
What? Nothing? Is educating Congress nothing? Is letting the people know
what is going on nothing?
>
> Microsoft is where they are today because they put their money where
> their mouth is and released fucking product. It works, its easy for the
> users to use. Hell, a lobotomized idiot can install and run XP.
Nonsense. And Microsoft knows it is nonsense. Else why does Microsoft
refuse to allow OEMs to install other OSes? If it were as easy as you
claim, Microsoft would not FEAR THE GNU/PENGUIN/DAEMON!
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> I get up every morning and go to work and I write code. I contribute
> everything I can. In the evening I contribute what I can to free
> software projects; I put my money where my mouth is to the point that
> I'm probably stretched way too thin.
Thanks, Brendan!
>
> Yet I see these user groups and political organizations all over the
> place beating their proverbial bibles and screaming "THE END IS NIGH!".
> User groups apparently serve as a place for those that can't deal with
> reality to get together and bitch about how cruel a place the real world
> is. If you pick your heads up for a few minutes and look around you,
> you are going to realize that the world is passing you by. It's
> changing before your very eyes.
Indeed we are out to change the world so that it is more to our liking.
>
> What features would you put in a spreadsheet that aren't in Excel? What
> functionality would a user want? What functions would a user need?
> Say what you want about Microsoft but they often do a good job of
> providing to their users what they want, albeit just as often they cram
> down their throats what they think they 'need'.
http://siag.nu
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>
> Ruben, you asked me yesterday if I'm staying or going. I've made my
> decision. After this email i'll be sending another unsubscribe; i'd
> appreciate it if you put it through.
>
> -Brendan
Come on down and help with some stuff we'll be doing.
oo--JS.
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