Re: Cowboys herding cats

On 31 May 2009 15:30:19 -0400, "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

David V. Loewe, Jr <daveloewe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I wonder what Keith thinks that "recalls" are...

Ben seems to be implying that *all* software is so seriously defective
that it warrants a recall.

I don't get that out of what I've seen from him on the subject.

Then again, I don't get a lot of the wilder and more paranoid things you
say others are doing/exhibiting.

If he really believes that, why does he use computers at all?
--
"Khan...I'm laughing at the superior intellect."
Admiral James T. Kirk
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