Re: OT Required Options?
On Fri, May 27, 2005 at 05:38:13PM +0200, Martin Dickopp wrote:
> Jacob S <stormspotter@6Texans.net> writes:
> > On Fri, 27 May 2005 10:41:35 -0400
> > "Thomas H. George" <xyz@spininternet.com> wrote:
> >
> >> For my birthday my daughter gave me a tee shirt with the following
> >> message printed on it:
> >>
> >> Only in the World
> >> of Microsoft
> >> are Options
> >> Required
> >>
> >> Go Linux!
> >>
> >> I don't want to wear it until I can explain it and I don't know what
> >> options Mircosoft requires.
> >
> > I'm sure it could mean different things to different people. But my
> > first thought would be that Windows is almost useless unless you buy
> > their "optional" office software. [...]
> > /me sits back and waits for someone else to show how they interpreted
> > it totally different :-)
>
> While I haven't used any Microsoft product for more than 10 years, some
> googling suggested a very different meaning of the term "options" to me.
> Apparently, command line programs exist for Microsoft Windows which can
> only be run successfully if at least one command line option is provided
> to them. Such command line options are therefore not really optional,
> but required.
That's hardly unique to Microsoft products, is it?
--
David Jardine
"Running Debian GNU/Linux and
loving every minute of it." -L. von Sacher-M.(1835-1895)
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