Re: Nostalgia overdose (was Re: Denial of denial of service)

2007-01-29 Thread Adam Auden
On 1/29/07, Dominic Mitchell wrote: Two hates for the price of... well, probably several thousand ordinary pieces of hate. Pieces of hate, pieces of hate! *squawk* -- Adam Auden - UNIX Metal Geek whois bimble.net

Re: Nostalgia overdose (was Re: Denial of denial of service)

2007-01-29 Thread Yossi Kreinin
Dominic Mitchell wrote: Hey, I did hear that the new version of Notes will be based on the Eclipse RCP(Rich Client Platform). In the context of Eclipse, I assume "rich client platform" means a computer with 1K terobytes of memory - a platform only a rich client can afford.

Re: Nostalgia overdose (was Re: Denial of denial of service)

2007-01-29 Thread Nicholas Clark
On Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 02:32:03PM +, Andy Armstrong wrote: > I'm off to think about Lotus Notes for a bit now. That should dampen > the ardour of my nostalgia. Mmm yes, envelope-from. One doesn't even have to use it to have cause to hate it. Nicholas Clark

Re: Nostalgia overdose (was Re: Denial of denial of service)

2007-01-29 Thread Dominic Mitchell
On Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 02:32:03PM +, Andy Armstrong wrote: > I'm off to think about Lotus Notes for a bit now. That should dampen > the ardour of my nostalgia. Hey, I did hear that the new version of Notes will be based on the Eclipse RCP(Rich Client Platform). Two hates for the price of..

Nostalgia overdose (was Re: Denial of denial of service)

2007-01-29 Thread Andy Armstrong
On 29 Jan 2007, at 14:25, Earle Martin wrote: The worst thing was its propensity for turning previously entertainingly bitter and spiteful mailing lists into sticky love-ins for drooling, nostalgic old farts unable to contain their bubbling enthusiasm for obsolete technology. I /was/ getting a