You are right, it stops here. (Maybe I just don't understand the issues the
way that those in the industry do) So arguing about it is futile :-)
You win!
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----- Original Message -----
From: Shane Moseley <smoseley@ix.netcom.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2000 9:15 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Website Re-Design
> Preacher wrote:
>
> > From: Andy Levy <andylevy@bigfoot.com>
> > > That may be true BUT:
> > >
> > > People write software.
> > > People sell software.
> > > people buy software.
> > > People use software.
> > >
> > > The fact that *people* have accepted that which MS has done to them,
> > > their businesses, and their wallets, grinning all the while and saying
> > > "thank you sir may I have another", is a social trend.
> >
> > Look... Microsoft, no matter how folks hate it, is the American dream
come
> > true. You may not like the way the do business. 50 years agao people
were
> > screaming about Hearst, before that about the railroad barons.
>
> American dream come true - boy you are lost. Obviously you have never
used a
> REAL operating system. ...may not like the way they do business? Niether
> does the Justice Dept. - where have you been in the last year? Do you
even
> watch the news? Some people didn't even accept Gates stuff back when he
was
> selling his wares out of the back of a pickup truck - Sheesh.
>
> > The fact of the matter is that Gates, prick though he may be, had the
best
> > damn business mind around, used it correctly and squashed the
competition.
> > If THAT isn't American, nothing is.
>
> Of course - the way he did it was against the law. So says the Justice
Dept.
> How american is that? Do you like criminals?
>
> > The problem here is NOT Gates. It's the whining "He has it and it's not
> > fair" people.
>
> Some of us just laugh as you guys resort to rebooting your machines
several
> times a day and get upset when your web pages don't work properly. Wake
up
> dude.
>
> Latr,
>
> Shane
>
> ps - This needs to stop unless you have some truck content. Heres some
for ya
> - how many truck computers out there that you know of run on Windows? Can
you
> imagine say on the way to work or maybe during a dragrace - having to pull
> over and reboot your trucks computer? Or maybe explain to someone that
your
> truck can only race other Daks because it is not compatible with other
brands?
>
> --
> '96 IndyRam-HisIndy-MPI/TB/Pulleys/Coil/Wires/CompTAs
> '96 IndyRam-HerIndy-numbered(#142)"Track Truck"
> '74 Triple-Black Dodge Challenger Rallye 360 home-brew EFI R&D vehicle
> '68 Black Corvette Convertible 427 (For Sale)
>
>
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