From: Mark Bell (electrosoft.consulting_at_verizon.net)
Date: Sun Dec 02 2001 - 11:42:39 EST
At 10:48 AM 12/2/2001 -0500, Jane Loyless wrote:
>At 03:38 AM 12/02/2001 -0600, Phillip Ramirez wrote:
>
> >I like
> >Outlook you like ELM we will never agree..
> >
>
>This is why there's an entry in the Mini-FAQ that reads:
>
>9) My ___________ is better than your ___________!
>
>Please refrain from fighting classic battles like Windows vs any-other-OS,
>top posting vs bottom posting, COBOL vs C, Edlin vs VI, Coke vs Pepsi, etc,
>etc, etc on this list. It's seldom that anyone will convert, and it just
>gets ugly. Take it to an advocacy group somewhere.
Well, it isn't a contest or a battle, and I think people can discuss pros
and cons without
degenerating it into a war of some sort. Just because the potential for
something to get
ugly is there doesn't mean you immediately jettison it. You may miss something!
Besides, who would actually drink Coke?! ;-P
Mark
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