Re: OT: Google Groups users ;)

2005-07-28, Responding to Vashti...

>> So just how DO you convince M$ users that international
>> standards are a viable way to ensure cross-client
>> compatibility? 8D
>
> I think you've got to infiltrate and exact change from the inside...
> take over Microsoft! ;)

I'd have thought that bypassing the generator of the most
conistant abuser/ignorer of standards would have been the
more appropriate route.


>> I got a good laugh out of it anyhoo... :)
>
><g>Yup, but that's just your evil streak! I don't have one, of
> course. :)

No, no, of course not, of course not... >;)

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