Re: What DO you lose with Linux ???

[John Galt <galt@inconnu.isu.edu>]

I regarded it as the fact that you were declaring the part that I was
dealing with dead.  I will continue to do so, unless there's something I
can add to the windoze thing--probably once I start playing with wine.

On Mon, 12 Apr 1999 Ted.Harding@nessie.mcc.ac.uk wrote:

> On 12-Apr-99 John Galt wrote:
> > 
> > The thread was declared dead last week.  
> 
> Was it?
> 
> If so, if it died, then that was a result of being force-fed with alien
> material ("long emails", "security in email", and the like).
> 
> Whereas, my original posting that started the thread -- which continues
> to receive the occasional useful response -- concerned the fact that
> people who switch from Windows to Linux may find themselves losing access
> to software they like or need to use.
> 
> Despite the plea I posted a week ago for people to change the subject
> line if they wanted to discuss these other issues, it sems that they kept
> on regardless.
> 
> If that had the effect that what was intended to be a useful thread was
> "declared dead" as a result, then as a final comment on that situation I
> wish to say that I feel very disappointed by these consequences of how
> some people handled it.
> 
> Best wishes to all,
> Ted.
> 
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> E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <Ted.Harding@nessie.mcc.ac.uk>
> Date: 12-Apr-99                                       Time: 10:02:00
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I can be immature if I want to, because I'm mature enough to make my own 
decisions.

Who is John Galt?  galt@inconnu.isu.edu