Author: Tony Werten
Date: 00:42:35 08/11/04
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On August 10, 2004 at 12:43:41, James Swafford wrote: >On August 10, 2004 at 09:55:57, Tony Werten wrote: > >>On August 10, 2004 at 09:01:11, James Swafford wrote: >> >>>On August 10, 2004 at 05:12:57, Ernst Walet wrote: >>> >>>>If you're a man about this you would stop releasing tiger for that buggy >>>>platform altogether........ >>> >>>Believing a product is superior and becoming a martyr for its cause >>>are two very different things. Not supporting Windows would be >>>suicide for the Tiger project, and no one would win from it. >>> >>>It's kind of like freedom of religion. I "know" my beliefs are >>>correct, but I have to respect your freedom to make the same >>>choice- I can't force you. I can poke you once in a while and >>>try to get you to see things from my perspective, but I won't >>>resort to nailing the doors on your church shut to get you to >>>come to mine. >> >>Yes, but poking him about his church, while at the same time selling things he >>can use in his church seems a bit "unconvincing" :) > >Not at all. A car salesman could sell you many different kinds of >cars. He honestly believes you are better off with the van, because >you have a growing family. You are hell bent on buying the sports >car. Then he tells the sportscar sucks. And someone asks him "then why don't you stop selling it ?" Then the car salesman gets angry. Tony > >You try to sell the van, but when it comes down to it, you'll >sell him the sports car if that's what he's going to buy (from >you or not). > >Does that make your argument to buy the van unsound? No, just >'advice untaken'. > >-- >James > > >> >>Tony >> >> >>> >>>-- >>>James >>> >>> >>>> >>>>A very happy windows user.... >>>> >>>>Ernst.
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