On Monday, October 28, 2002, Mark Wieder wrote in <mid:17023324829.20021028145731@;ahsoftware.net>:
MW> Actually, I think it's exactly this thinking that led M$ MW> eventually to the executable attachments in Lookout. Folks MW> brainstormed about more and more features they'd like to see in MW> email messages and finally someone came up with the (in Harry MW> Harrison's wonderful quote, waaay out of context here, "miracle of MW> misguided engineering") that the email client should be able to MW> launch applications automatically. (I know I really oughta let this slide....) Do you really think, I mean, inside your head do you really really think, that providing for a limited set of universally used typographical conventions is the same thing as providing for the automatic launching of an external program?? -- JN ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.61 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
