On Fri, May 27, 2005 at 05:38:13PM +0200, Martin Dickopp wrote: > Jacob S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Fri, 27 May 2005 10:41:35 -0400 > > "Thomas H. George" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> For my birthday my daughter gave me a tee shirt with the following > >> message printed on it: > >> > >> Only in the World > >> of Microsoft > >> are Options > >> Required > >> > >> Go Linux! > >> > >> I don't want to wear it until I can explain it and I don't know what > >> options Mircosoft requires. > > > > I'm sure it could mean different things to different people. But my > > first thought would be that Windows is almost useless unless you buy > > their "optional" office software. [...] > > /me sits back and waits for someone else to show how they interpreted > > it totally different :-) > > While I haven't used any Microsoft product for more than 10 years, some > googling suggested a very different meaning of the term "options" to me. > Apparently, command line programs exist for Microsoft Windows which can > only be run successfully if at least one command line option is provided > to them. Such command line options are therefore not really optional, > but required.
That's hardly unique to Microsoft products, is it? -- David Jardine "Running Debian GNU/Linux and loving every minute of it." -L. von Sacher-M.(1835-1895) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
