Dragaera

warning to newbies

David Silberstein davids at kithrup.com
Tue Feb 10 11:12:42 PST 2004

On Tue, 10 Feb 2004, Jason *Jaxel* Axelrod wrote:

>> What amazes me is not that Microsoft wrote software to encourage 
>> top posting... not that people do it... but that they think it's 
>> their own idea.
>
>Actually... Microsoft Outlook gives you the option to top or bottom
>post depending on your preferences. Either way, PINE is lame.

Is not.  So *much* is not.

> There is no reason to use Telnet/Unix based programs anymore

Now *there's* a statement that Microsloth would just love to hear
everyone say.  Oh, never mind that e-mail is theoretically plain
text, no, no, you simply *must* have a GUI, and an e-mail client that
displays pretty fonts and html, and javascript, and animated bouncing
frigging pictures.  Feh.  Hiss.  Spit.

> unless you want to be "cool" and avoid proprietary programs such as
>Microsoft Outlook.

Or you don't want the up-front or hidden costs of being locked into
Nanosquishy's frigging bloated monster of an e-mail client.

>
> Outlook does everything you need. 
>

Yeah, like act as the greatest infective vector since the ANOPHELES
MOSQUITO!!!!!

Got MyDoom?

Feh, again.