Kenneth Kixmoeller/fh wrote: > On Jun 7, 2007, at 3:40 PM, Vince Teachout wrote: > >>> It was enormous gaul on the part of MS to cut >>> off the majority of its (customer's) toolkit >> I'm not really following this thread at all, I was just surprised >> to see >> Julius Caesar working for Microsoft. :-P > > Oops, you meant "Napoleon." But he wasn't big, at least in physical > stature. "In breaking news, Charles de Gaulle is still dead. Details > at 11."
No, both are correct - I was referring to old Gaul, as in: Gaul (gôl) Formerly Gal·li·a (gal?e-ä) An ancient region of western Europe south and west of the Rhine River, west of the Alps, and north of the Pyrenees, corresponding roughly to modern-day France and Belgium. The Romans extended the designation to include northern Italy, particularly after Julius Caesar's conquest of the area in the Gallic Wars (58-51 B.C.). Excerpted from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition Copyright © 1992 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Electronic version licensed from Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products N.V., further reproduction and distribution restricted in accordance with the Copyright Law of the United States. All rights reserved. If you made a Napoleon joke, some might think it small of you. -- Vince Teachout Caracal Software www.caracal.net 518-733-9411 _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
