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Message no. 1
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Stop this OS bullshit, OK? (was Re: Bandwagoneering...)
Date: Sat, 2 Aug 1997 12:15:53 +0100
George Metz said on 14:58/ 1 Aug 97...

> Of course. But keep in mind, they've all been sucked in by the evil vortex
> that is MacroSQUASH.... errr... Microsoft.... Lose95 couldn't do that
> natively in about a century's worth of upgrades....

SHUT UP about how crap some operating systems are, and how good others
are, okay? We've seen this about a million times before, and every
goddamned time it ended up absolutely nowhere except with a lot of pissed
of people.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: the best operating system is
the one that does what you want it to do and allows you to run the progs
you want to use, whether it's Win95, Linux, OS/2, MacOS, or what the hell
ever. (And I will thwap anyone who is now going to say "Win95 doesn't do
what I want!" -- then install something else that does, and stop bothering
the rest of us with it).

This message, BTW, isn't aimed at George alone but at everyone who is
(thinking about) argueing about OS's.

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Message no. 2
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: Stop this OS bullshit, OK? (was Re: Bandwagoneering...)
Date: Sat, 2 Aug 1997 17:59:06 +0100
|This message, BTW, isn't aimed at George alone but at everyone who is
|(thinking about) argueing about OS's.

I take it your stairs aren't a good hiding place this time then?

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Message no. 3
From: George Metz <W0lfstar@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Stop this OS bullshit, OK? (was Re: Bandwagoneering...)
Date: Sat, 2 Aug 1997 18:10:23 -0400
In a message dated 97-08-02 06:19:22 EDT, you write:

> SHUT UP about how crap some operating systems are, and how good others
> are, okay? We've seen this about a million times before, and every
> goddamned time it ended up absolutely nowhere except with a lot of pissed
> of people.

WOAH, big guy! Calm thyself! It just happens to be an annoyance when a
company stops supporting it's older projects. No need to explode on my first
offense, I HAVE only been on the list for 5 days - without a FAQ until
yesterday...

> This message, BTW, isn't aimed at George alone but at everyone who is
> (thinking about) argueing about OS's.

Wasn't planning on arguing OSes, if I wanted that I'd read the message bases
on my BBS.

Wolfstar
Message no. 4
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: Stop this OS bullshit, OK? (was Re: Bandwagoneering...)
Date: Sun, 3 Aug 1997 11:22:49 +0100
Spike said on 17:59/ 2 Aug 97...

> |This message, BTW, isn't aimed at George alone but at everyone who is
> |(thinking about) argueing about OS's.
>
> I take it your stairs aren't a good hiding place this time then?

Not for you, no... For everyone who doesn't want to get into the debate
(or feel they are "my side" in it :) they're pretty safe.

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Message no. 5
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: Stop this OS bullshit, OK? (was Re: Bandwagoneering...)
Date: Sun, 3 Aug 1997 12:28:58 +0100
George Metz said on 18:10/ 2 Aug 97...

> WOAH, big guy!

Big guy? Where?

> Calm thyself! It just happens to be an annoyance when a company stops
> supporting it's older projects. No need to explode on my first offense,

It's just that we've had OS discussions MUCH too often over the past year
or so, and the comment you made, even though you claim it wasn't intended
to argue about any OS, would have fit right in. Not to mention it could
very well spark off another such flam^H^H^H^H debate unless someone threw
a bucket of water over it -- which is what I decided to do.

> I HAVE only been on the list for 5 days - without a FAQ until
> yesterday...

Delivery of the FAQs leaves something to be desired (no offense, Fro :)

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Zie, de pyromaan schijnt door de bomen.
-> NERPS Project Leader & Unofficial Shadowrun Guru <-
-> The Plastic Warriors Page: http://www.xs4all.nl/~gurth/plastic.html <-

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Message no. 6
From: George Metz <W0lfstar@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Stop this OS bullshit, OK? (was Re: Bandwagoneering...)
Date: Sun, 3 Aug 1997 21:16:43 -0400
In a message dated 97-08-03 06:29:31 EDT, you write:

> > WOAH, big guy!
>
> Big guy? Where?

The big burly pure-chrome street psycho standing behind you, that's where! =)

> > Calm thyself! It just happens to be an annoyance when a company stops
> > supporting it's older projects. No need to explode on my first offense,
>
> It's just that we've had OS discussions MUCH too often over the past year
> or so, and the comment you made, even though you claim it wasn't intended
> to argue about any OS, would have fit right in. Not to mention it could
> very well spark off another such flam^H^H^H^H debate unless someone threw
> a bucket of water over it -- which is what I decided to do.

Hear that. Now I've gotta towel off. How about a nice, healthy religion
debate instead? That should have you BEGGING for an OS thread.... =)

> > I HAVE only been on the list for 5 days - without a FAQ until
> > yesterday...
>
> Delivery of the FAQs leaves something to be desired (no offense, Fro :)

Not so much Delivery that's the problem, but that I had to feel my way into
the subscription through ShadowTK (Easy enough) 'cause the itribe.net links
are down, and I didn't know where else it would be.

Wolfstar
Message no. 7
From: "Mark A. Imbriaco" <mark@******.NET>
Subject: Re: Stop this OS bullshit, OK? (was Re: Bandwagoneering...)
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 1997 09:21:33 -0400
On Sat, 2 Aug 1997, Gurth wrote:

> George Metz said on 14:58/ 1 Aug 97...
>
> > Of course. But keep in mind, they've all been sucked in by the evil vortex
> > that is MacroSQUASH.... errr... Microsoft.... Lose95 couldn't do that
> > natively in about a century's worth of upgrades....
>
> SHUT UP about how crap some operating systems are, and how good others
> are, okay? We've seen this about a million times before, and every
> goddamned time it ended up absolutely nowhere except with a lot of pissed
> of people.
>
> I've said it before and I'll say it again: the best operating system is
> the one that does what you want it to do and allows you to run the progs
> you want to use, whether it's Win95, Linux, OS/2, MacOS, or what the hell
> ever. (And I will thwap anyone who is now going to say "Win95 doesn't do
> what I want!" -- then install something else that does, and stop bothering
> the rest of us with it).

I'll go you one better than that, Gurth. I will personally
ban anyone from the list who perpetuates this assinine thread
any more. I've been round and round on this old tired debate
more times than I care to remember, and I can't remember once
when a single useful thing came out of it.

-Mark

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