Re: (OT) OS other than Win

[Joel Rees <rees@server.mediafusion.co.jp>]

I'm not so sure it was off topic. Sometimes we need someone to remind us
that standards have political repercussions. Irony and outright sarcasm are
both rather dangerous tools, but it's a dangerous world we live in.

Dancing like there's no tomorrow is one thing,
but dancing to prepare for tomorrow is quite another.

Joel

Sterin, Ilya replied:


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> > From my observations of the list, Len is about as opened minded a
> > person as
> > you could ever hope to meet.
>
> I'm beginning to see that, but use of sarcasm is sometimes misunderstood
and
> should be used carefully, especially in an international mailing list,
where
> some might take him serious and start a big OT argument.
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