Re: Xah's Edu Corner: IT Industry Predicament

2006-01-21 Thread Tim Hammerquist
Ulrich Hobelmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [ snip bait ] > I know, don't feed the troll. Sorry 'bout that. To quote Space Balls: "Don't be sorry, be *quiet*!" :) Cheers, Tim Hammerquist -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Microsoft Hatred FAQ

2005-10-16 Thread Tim Hammerquist
little CoCo! I had the original CoCo, upgraded with the 5 1/4" floppy drive, and later upgraded the whole system to CoCo 3 with OS9. <3 <3 <3 Of course, it all went downhill from there. MS-DOS 3.1, Pascal, Windows 3.1... *sigh* 10 years later, things picked up. Huzzah! Tim Hammerqui

Re: Microsoft Hatred FAQ

2005-10-16 Thread Tim Hammerquist
David Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Go down to your local car dealer and see if you can buy a new > car without an engine. Even if you want to equate a car's engine with a computer's OS, a better indicator would be to ask the car salesman if, when you take the car home, are you legally pre

Re: Microsoft Hatred FAQ

2005-10-16 Thread Tim Hammerquist
I will, however, say that they have engaged in immoral[*], unethical, and illegal practices to artificially maintain and augment their position in the industry and has not yet provided products/services to back it up. [*] Yeah, I know. What place do morals have in the business world. I'm a

Re: Microsoft Hatred FAQ

2005-10-14 Thread Tim Hammerquist
["Followup-To:" header set to comp.lang.perl.misc.] Roedy Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Xah Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote or quoted : > > Q: Microsoft's Operating System is used over 90% of PCs. > > If that's not monopoly, i don't know what is. > > They got where they are by CHEATING. Th