Blanket insults for one's peer group, was Re: VCF East makes The Economist - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

6 Aug 2001

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  -----Original Message-----
 From: R. D. Davis [mailto:rdd@smart.net]
 Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 3:34 PM
 To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
 Subject: Re: Blanket insults for one's peer group, was Re: VCF East
 makes The Economist

 On Mon, 6 Aug 2001, Dave McGuire wrote: 
[..Dave's comments snipped...]

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  Agreed.  When some miniscule-brained nitwit insults
all of us who
 appreciate well-designed computer systems, and who appreciate a
 variety of different systems, and then defends a biz-'driod propaganda
 sheet and that glorified example of bug-filled code called Microsoft
 Windows that was originally designed to run on poorly engineered
 hardware, then it's time to do take action.  Heh, what he doesn't know
 is when to expect that action (1 day or 5 years from now), or what it
 will be... and even funnier, he probably thinks this is a bluff.  
Dang. Thanks to someone's screwed up message quoting, I quoted Dave
and thought he was quoting you, so you'll see a message briefly in
which I attribute to you remarks you appear not to have made.

Sorry! My message isn't bad, but I don't like things attributed to me
that I didn't say, regardless of the remarks or context, so I'd expect
you might feel likewise.

Again, sorry, but I think you'll be more amused by the post than anything
else...

Regards,
-doug quebbeman