Speaking of upgrading/downgrading and getting the ``joy'' of a hobby
out of an old OS, I have benn sperned/spawned/rejected/defamed and so on
by countless software developers, system admins, customer support people
and so on -- when I dare to mention that I actually use ``DOS'' not just
once in a while but frequently.
Anyone had that experience? These people are actively hostile many times,
as if you are doing some degrading thing that is beneath contempt. Never
mind trying to explain why you do it, although they ask (read: demand)
and explanation. You are lucky if you do not come to some physical harm
right there on the spot.
I have only experienced this amount of negative steriotyping in connection
with those using the ``old fashioned'' non-gui wordprocessors, like troff
in Unix (but now we have html which is also a non-gui markup language.).
People seem religiously attached to their desktop publishers or editors.
Howard Schwartz
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theo "at" ncal.verio.com
