* csj ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > On Monday 24 December 2001 11:19, Brian Nelson wrote: > > > it happens quite a bunch as some of the most capable debianers are > > > unfortunately stuck with jobs that force them to use windoze > > > machines. > > > > Assuming most of us live in so-called "free" countries, we are free > > to get another job then. Or, lobby to change the brain-damage > > policies at their work. I can't imagine anyone wanting to work for a > > company that forces their workers to use broken, dangerous software. > > Quite radical. I'm just curious. I've never used Windows for Net access > (browsing, email, etc.) Is the One Microsoft Way really the only way?
Yes and no. > I've heard / read there are non-Outlook options like Eudora, Pegasus, > AOL, etc. Are all these really crap? No. The problem is not that there isn't half-decent software for windows. The problem is that dumbed-down interfaces make it very difficult to set the thing up in a remotely sane fashion. IOW, it doesn't have to be One Microsoft Way, but when it isn't, it's uphill struggle all the way. As a result, majority of windoze machines are run by morons; most non-morons give up and switch to $FREENIX. Dima -- I have not been able to think of any way of describing Perl to [person] "Hello, blind man? This is color." -- DPM
