Microsoft Hatred FAQ

[joe at invalid.address]

John Bokma <john at castleamber.com> writes:

> joe at invalid.address wrote:
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> > John Bokma <john at castleamber.com> writes:
> > 
> >> joe at invalid.address wrote:
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> >> > John Bokma <john at castleamber.com> writes:
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> >> >> "David Schwartz" <davids at webmaster.com> wrote:
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> >> >> > "Tim Roberts" <timr at probo.com> wrote in message 
> >> >> > news:a103l1tkejrc99s0385qjqqhm96d46dpc4 at 4ax.com...

> >> web based applications that work with any browser make OS
> >> irrelevant -> not true, since for OpenOffice it doesn't matter
> >> which Linux distribution one runs (or even if it's Linux), yet
> >> people seem to make a point of which distribution they use.
> > 
> > A linux distribution isn't an OS, it's a distribution, so I'm not sure
> > what your point here is.
> 
> Ok, let me spell it out for you: If all your applications are web
> based, and the OS shouldn't matter, why do Linux distributions
> matter? It doesn't matter which one you use to run, for example,
> OpenOffice. Yet people pick a certain distribution. Why? Well, one
> reason is that people like to belong to a group. So even if it
> really doesn't matter which OS you are going to use to access a web
> application, or even which browser, people will pick a certain
> browser, and a certain OS, just because.

Thanks for spelling it out for me. Now could you spell out what this
has to do with Microsoft's intentions?

On second thought, don't bother, I think you're talking about
something else, and I'm not sure what that is.

Joe
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