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Re: Requiem for OpenDoc

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From: joseph
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 00:00
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crobato@kuentos.guam.net wrote:
> 
> In <5h0ifo$aje@usenet88.supernews.com>, brian@anv.net writes:
> >In <3333bbb8.0@usamrid.isd.net>, chucks@isd.net (Erik Funkenbusch) 

> >     Okay, now I'll name some that were late.  Frontpage 97, Publisher
> >97, Office 95 standard, Project 4, Money 97, Visuall C++ 5, Team
> >Manager 97, Windows CE... I could go on, but it would be meaningless
> >without some references...  ;-) 

Perhaps you need tutoring about what is the purpose of a reference.  You
need not reference obvious facts. As Chris points out, MS's habitual
tardiness is obvious.  Your game is tiresome.  Why would someone go to
the library and dig up an article when you never have bothered to do so
yourself?  

"Answer the fool according to his folly lest he be wise in his own
concit."  It's a very old and wise comment regarding the value of
answering a fool.  Do you know the reference?
 
> Maybe Erik should look at the news articles about the delay of NT 5.0
> and Windows 97 in techweb.com, news.com and infoworld.com.  And the
> attitude of these articles is Microsoft is late...as usual.

Let the fool claim otherwise.  It's his desire to do so endlessly.  

-- 
Joseph Coughlan
Replies are welcome at joseph_coughlan@otter.montery.edu
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From: joseph <josco@ibm.net>
Subject: Re: Requiem for OpenDoc
Date: 1997/03/25
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