Thanks Manny, Nice to hear a friendly voice as I work out my PR debacle. :~)
> > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers _________________________________________________________________ Get thousands of games on your PC, your mobile phone, and the web with Windows®. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/108588800/direct/01/
