All this domination talk is getting me... BTW I know what you mean Paul about getting your moneys worth. Although I've been using linux only for my daily use, I always feel the urge to run winxp, w2k, or some other flavor in a vm just for the temporary urge to see what the rest of the world see's in ms.
Unfortunately I haven't had success in defenestrating the rest of the household. Wife and kids constantly running the veeesta stuff, bad, bad.. --Manny On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 9:08 AM, Chris Louden <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 10:52 PM, Paul Saenz <[email protected]> > wrote: >>> >>> No, its about wanting freedom/choice. Not about dominating. >> >> okay, that is a better way of putting exactly what i was thinking. > > Yeah I get freedom and domination confused sometimes too. ;-) > >> >> The communication of the word dominate can be intended in more than one way. > > Perhaps it can be communicated in more then one way but dominate only > has one definition as far as I know. > >> Although Goliath (like Microsoft) was the dominant figure in the age old >> story, > > dominant is an adjective in that sentence. > >> David dominated the scene by wacking Goliath in the head with a stone. >> Therefore, Microsoft, the unjust, corrupt, filthy lucre, monopoly may just >> be >> dominated if by some chance linux prevails. > > dominated is a verb, both times. > >> >> Which, IMO, would be much along the lines of freedom of choice. > > > Dominant does have more then one definition one being "along the > lines" to dominate but the other refers to music chord as I recall. I > pretty sure that makes them two different words. They do have a > similar root (cheesy *nix pun) > >> >> So if you want to argue about agreeing with me....well...... then.... >> okay....I guess > > I do but only because we don't. > >> >> ________________________________ >> Get more from your digital life. Find out how. >> _______________________________________________ >> LinuxUsers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >> >> > > > > -- > -Chris > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >
