Re: Great SWT Program

On Dec 7, 2:56 pm, blm...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <blm...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Reports of Usenet's demise may be premature or exaggerated, but
they have some basis in reality. "A mostly-text-only medium,
in 2007? Who wants that?!" well, some of us, apparently --
and I'm rather surprised, now that I think about it, that this
group includes someone who's so dismissive of other text-only
interfaces. I guess that's different somehow.

It's a text-only *medium*. So is a .txt file. I use GUI software to
work in both media. So yes, "that's different somehow". :)

[snip remainder of overly-elaborate and mostly not-applicable stuff]

I notice you don't mention "(5) Do (3), but complain about it a lot in
the hopes of triggering (2)". :P
.

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