Re: [OT] sigs (was: Are there any 8051 C++ compilers ?)

From: Michael R. Kesti (mkesti_at_gv.net)
Date: 08/10/04 

Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 14:17:13 -0700

"Everett M. Greene" wrote:

>"Michael R. Kesti" <mkesti@gv.net> writes:
>
>> Then it is their perceptions that are faulty, as there is nothing preventing
>> them from installing their old versions of WordPerfect, booting to DOS,
>> and running their computer in the fashion they prefer.
>>
>> It seems, in both of these cases, that the problem is not the OS, but that
>> the users fail to learn enough about their systems to use those systems
>> in the fashion they desire.
>
>You are saying that the users have to learn all about a new
>OS to continue using the applications with which they are
>familiar and satisfied?

Not "all about a new OS", but yes, if they are going to run a new OS then
they are going to have to learn enough about it to use it in the way they
wish. This seems not too much to ask, but, if it is, perhaps they ought
to run an OS with which they are familiar and satisfied. 

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          Michael Kesti            |  "And like, one and one don't make
                                   |   two, one and one make one."
          mkesti@gv.net            |          - The Who, Bargain

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