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From: R. D. Davis <rdd_at_rddavis.org>
Date: Thu Apr 22 15:51:09 2004

Quothe Ashley Carder, from writings of Thu, Apr 22, 2004 at 04:16:12PM -0400:

> Some of us use modern computers and technologies (yes, even Microsoft
> technologies),

So do I. I'm using Mutt as the mail user agent on my PC, running a
recent version of FreeBSD; mutt is modern technology and it's text
based. Try it, you might like the way it does things right.

Is it just me, or do others get a feeling most peculiar when seeing
the words "Micro$oft" and "technologies" together in the same sentence?

> I use outlook at my company that endorses Microsoft, I use Lotus Notes at
> another
> company that prefers Lotus,

Why? Just because some supervisor says to do something is no reason
to do something if it's senseless.

> I use html based email on the road or when I'm a
> random
> computer in a library or somewhere else that is connected to the internet.

Ok, well, when you seemingly have no choice... but you do: as a
taxpayer, you certainly should be able to take a set of Linux or
FreeBSD CD-ROMs with you to a public library and use them to "repair"
at least one of their computer systems. Doing so may certainly freak
a pretentious librarian out, who claims to know something about
computers and doesn't, but that's not something that you need concern
yourself with. Hence, if a librarian starts jumping up and down and
screaming when your work is discovered, or in progress, consider it
entertainment and don't forget to say "One is supposed to be quiet in
a library, and as a librarian, you ought to know that! I should file
a complaint. What's your name?" :-)

> I don't even have a
> text-based email client up and running right now, although I might have one
> set up
> in the near future just for show-and-tell if I get a PDP-11/34 up and

Just for show and tell? Why not for useful functionality?

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