On Thursday 05 July 2001 08:58, Curtis Poe wrote:
> --- Greg Jetter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Well you found one here , I've worked with it since the first version ,
> > in fact I work with it daily , it's how I earn my daily bread. You can
> > not separate it's shortcommings from the question posed about UID . I
> > see you offered no advice to the poster other than to rake me over the
> > coals for daring to sugest that the problem lies with the selected OS not
> > the Perl scripts.
> >
> > I was not trying to force my opion on any one , and I was trying to
> > help out the guy , Though I only been posting here for a few times I
> > got the impression that this form was not owned and operated for the
> > bennifit of the Windows community or the Linux/Unix community . I would
> > just as easly pointed out a fault in Unix/linux if there existed one
> > relevent to the question at hand.
> >
> > My stance on O/S's is use which ever one does the job your trying to
> > accomplish. Same with Scripting langauages or hardware. Just what is
> > your problem bud ? Instead of attacking me why don't you sugest how this
> > problem might be resolved ? do you realy know any thing other than how
> > to start a flame war ?
> >
> > Greg
> >
> > 20 year computer programer
> > Perl novice and advancing .
>
> Please reread Steve's response carefully. He did not flame. He was merely
> saying that, in his opinion, discussions of the merits of a particular OS
> were off-topic.
>
> As for discussions of this tone, I've been on the 'Net for quite a few
> years and have *never* seen anything productive come out of this. I've
> seen bad tempers, hurt feelings, and general unpleasantness, but never
> anything productive. Please, everyone stay cool and let's drop this.
>
> Cheers,
> Curtis Poe
>
> =====
> Senior Programmer
> Onsite! Technology (http://www.onsitetech.com/)
> "Ovid" on http://www.perlmonks.org/
>
Thanks for your cool head , I get carried away sometimes. I will stop
replying to this thread and hope it dies......
Greg