PDP-8/L value

On Jan 17, 2010, at 9:09 PM, Josh Dersch wrote: Labeling this as a religious argument is as rudely dismissive as it is incorrect. It's not a religious argument...it's a usability and stability argument, and it's quite valid. Again, present company excluded...I've seen your work, and in my opinion, you seriously know what you're doing. If the other Windows developers had even half of your level of clue, it wouldn't need to be reinstalled every time you turn around, viruses wouldn't exist, and it wouldn't be so damn slow...which are three problems a long list of other OSs, some UNIX and some not, simply don't have. Please forgive me for jumping up and down about it, but this week I'm squarely in the middle of a fairly large "pleaaaaase rescue me headache. If I bill the poor guy for all the time it's taking (thanks to proprietary crap and other shameless lock-in attempts) I'd put a really nice chain of stores out of business, so I'm ending up eating most of the hours myself. *grumble* -Dave -- Dave McGuire Port Charlotte, FL