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Subject: 
Re: Not at all a pact with the devil...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date: 
Tue, 23 Jan 2001 19:01:35 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Todd Lehman writes:

> > > LUGNet *does* have an anti-MS bias, and it goes farther than it should.
> 
> I don't know whether to laugh at this ridiculous statement or simply ignore
> it.

I'd suggest you continue to ignore it, since if you don't, it leads to
statements like this one

> What a steaming cauldron of barf of a statement.

not exactly unemotional... by the way, were you commenting in an official
capacity?

> > > It goes far enough to color important decisions here, technical decisions
> > > that may make this site harder to use for users,  [...]
> 
> LOL!  Now THAT takes the cake!  That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever
> heard in my entire life.  Choice of OS on the server affecting usability for
> users?

Fortunately that's not what I said.

> Give me a break.  If any predilection affects usability for users,
> it's that HTML pages don't get tested on Windows browsers as often as they do
> on Linux and MacOS.

And why would that be?

++Lar



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(...) I didn't try hard enough not to be non-unemotional. Let me try again... (...) Obviously I disagree with that opinion. In fact, I don't even know if you seriously believe it yourself. I think what you perceive as an anti-MS "bias" is actually (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Not at all a pact with the devil...
 
(...) Not much, but I've read enough about ASP to determine that it doesn't suit my needs (didn't in 1997-98 and still doesn't now). Always curious, however, I'll still flip through books in the bookstore every few months -- things on CFML, ASP, (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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