Ian,
> Yes, there are those who would like to decree that all messages must > be plain text. Yes, mostly those IT types you mention. > You know, some of this reminds me of my brother (an IT Consultant). He > is rabidly against Windows and everything Microsoft, only in the real > world, unless you want your computer to be a glorified paperweight, > you end up having to use a Microsoft product, be it because the > printer will only come with Windows drivers, or your PDA only works > with Windows, or your mobile phone software only works with Windows. It it weren't for things like that, I would still be using os2. > His reason for being against Microsoft is that he can't stand all the > mucking around to get Windows working properly... so he spends even > more time working out workarounds to TRY and get what he needs to work > working on Windows NT (the only MS product he barely tolerates), or > Linux. It is true that the 9x versions of Windows were essentially unusable for high performance networking environments. This is not true of current versions. My beef with MS has more to do with their monopolistic tendencies. And their strategy of hijacking other people's ideas while calling it innovation. -- Gleason Using 3.98.3 on Windows XP, 5.1, Build 2600. IMAP email provider is Fastmail, which uses Cyrus server software. ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 3.98.03 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
