Re: Diebold systems contain feature that allows tampering atcentral tabulator

2004-09-08 Thread Julia Thompson
Alberto Monteiro wrote: > > William T Goodall wrote: > > > >>> " The GEMS program runs on a Microsoft Access database." > >> > >> Don't be stupid. It's not a problem with any microsoft product. I've > >> posted about the dibold 3 sets of accounting books before, and it has > >> nothing to do wit

Re: Diebold systems contain feature that allows tampering atcentral tabulator

2004-09-09 Thread Julia Thompson
The Fool wrote: > > > From: Alberto Monteiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > William T Goodall wrote: > > > > > >>> " The GEMS program runs on a Microsoft Access database." > > >> > > >> Don't be stupid. It's not a problem with any microsoft product. > I've > > >> posted about the dibold 3 sets of ac

Re: Diebold systems contain feature that allows tampering atcentral tabulator

2004-09-09 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Sep 9, 2004, at 11:44 AM, Julia Thompson wrote: I've noticed that a lot of people who are pro open-source can be fanatical about it. Well, you can find that anywhere -- religion becoming politics, for instance; that is, someone believing he's got something so wonderful that he simply has to ja

Re: Diebold systems contain feature that allows tampering atcentral tabulator

2004-09-09 Thread Julia Thompson
The Fool wrote: > > > From: Dave Land <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > On Sep 9, 2004, at 2:32 AM, The Fool wrote: > > > > >> From: Alberto Monteiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> > > >> William T Goodall wrote: > > >>> > > > " The GEMS program runs on a Microsoft Access database." > > > > Do

Re: Diebold systems contain feature that allows tampering atcentral tabulator

2004-09-09 Thread Julia Thompson
Warren Ockrassa wrote: > On the personal level, the fact is that we use the OS we want to use. > We use the one we're comfortable with. Getting defensive (or offensive) > over it is as foolish as a bunch of high school punks arguing over > whether Chevy or Ford is the better vehicle. > > Grow up,

Re: Diebold systems contain feature that allows tampering atcentral tabulator

2004-09-09 Thread William T Goodall
On 9 Sep 2004, at 7:44 pm, Julia Thompson wrote: The thing about Windows is that there are a number of apps available only on that platform, and if you're going to be using one of those (AutoCAD, frex), that basically dictates your OS. Perhaps. OTOH more often one needs to solve a particular proble

Re: Diebold systems contain feature that allows tampering atcentral tabulator

2004-09-09 Thread Dave Land
On Sep 9, 2004, at 3:28 PM, William T Goodall wrote: Perhaps. OTOH more often one needs to solve a particular problem rather than run a particular program. and then, moments later, Wouldn't it make more sense to choose an OS first and then pick hardware that would be good for running it? Wouldn't

Re: Diebold systems contain feature that allows tampering atcentral tabulator

2004-09-09 Thread William T Goodall
On 10 Sep 2004, at 12:19 am, Dave Land wrote: On Sep 9, 2004, at 3:28 PM, William T Goodall wrote: Perhaps. OTOH more often one needs to solve a particular problem rather than run a particular program. and then, moments later, Wouldn't it make more sense to choose an OS first and then pick hardwa

Re: Diebold systems contain feature that allows tampering atcentral tabulator

2004-09-09 Thread Dave Land
On Sep 9, 2004, at 4:39 PM, William T Goodall wrote: On 10 Sep 2004, at 12:19 am, Dave Land wrote: On Sep 9, 2004, at 3:28 PM, William T Goodall wrote: Perhaps. OTOH more often one needs to solve a particular problem rather than run a particular program. and then, moments later, Wouldn't it make m

Re: Diebold systems contain feature that allows tampering atcentral tabulator

2004-09-10 Thread Gary Denton
On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 00:39:39 +0100, William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 10 Sep 2004, at 12:19 am, Dave Land wrote: > > > On Sep 9, 2004, at 3:28 PM, William T Goodall wrote: > > > >> Perhaps. OTOH more often one needs to solve a particular problem > >> rather than run a particular