On Thu, 2004-11-25 at 09:12 -0500, John J. McDonough wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alan B. Pearce" > Subject: Re: [PIC]: Newbie needs help > > > > >Hail the revolution. Why is anyone using OE these days? > > > > probably because we are using what is corporately provided. Not all of us > > are using personal systems or non MS systems to access the list. > > And not all of us hate M$ enough to be willing to put up with the quirks of > some of these fringe email (and web) clients. Face it, the world is using > M$. Might not be the best in someone's opinion, but it's the easiest, and > for many of us, easiest=best. Well, fortunately the world is changing. Been checking my web logs and IE use HAS been dropping, not much mind you, but noticible. Half a year ago it was 80%, now it's below 75%. I realize that there will be a bias with the typical user to my website, but I see it as a confirmation of other stories I've read claiming similar changes in numbers. Call me an optimist (although some would consider what I'm about to say as being bad), but I think Mickeysoft has passed climax. There are so many far better alternatives out there, and Mickeysoft knows it. That's why you're hearing more and more about them implementing schemes to try and lock as many people into their software as possible. They know what's coming, they're trying to fight it the only way they've ever done things. FWIW I still still run one machine with an MS OS, win2k, and the only reason for that is my company hasn't supplied me with a Linux client for our VPN. ----------------------------- Herbert's PIC Stuff: http://repatch.dyndns.org:8383/pic_stuff/ _______________________________________________ http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist