Re: Polite software (was RE: [newbie] Is this a joke?)

2001-09-20 Thread PENA FAMILY
I agree more or less. I treat my Windows box as a reliable for lack of a better word. Linux is the hot rod I tweak and play with. I am told, repeatedly by hardcore Linux users, that their Linux box is their mainstain over Windows. To each their own but so far as work goes I am still chained to

Polite software (was RE: [newbie] Is this a joke?)

2001-09-19 Thread Mark Johnson
This is not a gripe, just an observation, but it seems like for most people (including me) their linux system is usually in a constant state of broken-ness, or in some way always marginally handicapped. Why is that? I realize that software is difficult to write just in general and operating

Re: Polite software (was RE: [newbie] Is this a joke?)

2001-09-19 Thread Altaira
not... -Original Message- From: civileme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 11:05 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mark Johnson; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Re: Polite software (was RE: [newbie] Is this a joke?) This is not a gripe, just an observation, but it seems like

Re: Polite software (was RE: [newbie] Is this a joke?)

2001-09-19 Thread civileme
11:05 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mark Johnson; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Re: Polite software (was RE: [newbie] Is this a joke?) This is not a gripe, just an observation, but it seems like for most people (including me) their linux system is usually in a constant state of broken

RE: Polite software (was RE: [newbie] Is this a joke?)

2001-09-19 Thread Mark Johnson
PROTECTED]' Subject: Re: Polite software (was RE: [newbie] Is this a joke?) This is not a gripe, just an observation, but it seems like for most people (including me) their linux system is usually in a constant state of broken-ness, or in some way always marginally handicapped. Why

Re: Polite software (was RE: [newbie] Is this a joke?)

2001-09-19 Thread civileme
This is not a gripe, just an observation, but it seems like for most people (including me) their linux system is usually in a constant state of broken-ness, or in some way always marginally handicapped. Why is that? I realize that software is difficult to write just in general and operating