Wow Ann.  I wish I could have said that.  It's no fair sending poetry in your 
email messages; it makes those of us who have muses from Podunk Oklahoma feel 
bad.

Thanks,
Bob.

> ----- Original Message -----
>From: Ann Parsons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: Braillenote List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2004 09:05:04 -0400
>Subject: [Braillenote] Thoughts on Technology, Who Uses What and Why

>Hi all,

>Beth, great post, well done!

><smile>  I had to chuckle at your reference to Linux.  You're right
>about Linux.  Linux is an OS that can be as simple or as complicated
>as you want to make it.  I'm getting more and more comfortable with
>Windows as I use and teach my students to use it.    However, I find
>the command line interface of both the BN and Linux to be uncluttered
>and elegant in my view.  I think it has the same power as the simple
>lines of Shaker furniture or a circle.  Simple doesn't mean bad or for
>simple people, it can mean elegant, and functional and uncluttered,
>like a Japanese flower arrangement that has just one or two blooms in
>it.

>Baroque music is beautiful, but it is fancy, complicated and has many
>intricate chordal changes and melodic lines.  Sometimes one wants the
>simple harmonies of  "In the Garden" or "There is a Balm in Gilliad".
>These simple tunes can, if the moment is right, bring strong men to
>there knees in tears.

>So, yes, Beth, I agree, wholeheartedly.  It is a matter of choice and
>of cost and convenience, as well as some other factors.

>Ann P.

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