Wayne Chirnside wrote in a message to Charles Angelich:

WC> This I know, marketing instead of competence :-(

Heh.

CA> I think the consensus is that RTF is more likely to be compatible 
CA> but even that is not 100% and has limitations.

WC> Not all that familiar with RTF.

Looks like complete binary garbage when viewed with a text-only tool like
LIST.  For some reason that seems to be the default with the NT-based email
we use at work.  So we have some people there who need to get cute,  and
play around with fonts and such.  I still do things like _this_ for
underlining. :-)

RTF stands for "Rich Text Format",  whatever the hell that means.
 I'm not sure just how m$-centric it is.



WC> I'll check first of course, I always do which is why I've never 
WC> had hardware problems when hooking up new stuff.

Why USB,  though?  Seems to me if you're not into the newest and fastest
stuff and if you have access to used,  ATA interface can be had in older
versions for real cheap.



WC> I looked at the screen shots, impressive to say the least.
WC> Source code just over 300K and binary about 200K!!!

Hmm.

CA> My 2 cents fwiw is that the 'best' Linux is the one that most
CA> of the people you know use. 

WC> I find the more different types of software I use the more
WC> I learn about the basics which often transfers to new software...

Funny how that works,  ain't it.

WC> well except for COBOL perhaps ;-)  I hated english in school 
WC> and hate it worse as a programming language!

That ain't english,  it's bureaucratese,  or sumfin'...



CA>> Keep in mind recent Linux, Windows, and others are being written 
CA>> for 2ghz machines now with installed memory on video cards that 
CA>> can be 32 meg just for the video.

WC> Not worried, 8 Meg on my video card will do for now and if not I'll 
WC> disable the onboard in CMOS and use up a slot.

Jeez,  the one in my linux box here only has 2M,  and the rest of them here only 1M!

CA> My brother has 8 meg on his video card and it seems to be 
CA> sufficient for his uses. Streaming video is 'iffy' but I suspect 
CA> that is the combination of winmodem and a poorly configured OS.

WC> Opps, misspoke myself, THIS machine has an 8 Meg card, the H.P. has
WC> a 32 :-)

Yikes!

WC> I'll NEVER be running Win XP having seen that crud on my landladies 
WC> computer.

Based on just that registration crap I heard about it I won't be letting it
near any of my hardware either...

CA> I won't say never but I will say I will be kicking and screaming 
CA> all the way to the end before using XP on anything ever.

WC> The troubleshooting tool for XP is a .50 caliber Desert Eagle.

Can you fit the cd into one of those machines that usually throws sporting
clays?  :-)

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