<div dir="ltr">Sounds good to me, Chris.<div><br></div><div>And I thought that email this morning on an alternative to Skype was worth watching for as well. I'm not a big fan of Skype, although I do use it when I have to.</div>
<div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 4 March 2014 12:27, LP <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:linuxpusher2@gmail.com" target="_blank">linuxpusher2@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,255)"><u>I frequently am not very good at speaking my mind properly.(Political Correctness)</u><br>
</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,255)">
I had a bad car accident in 2005, the Hydro Pole won, the other driver was charged.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,255)">I now have Acquired Brain Injuries in particular dis-inhibition & Memory, that means, I say what I think and don't usually worry about offending anyone.<br>
<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,255)"><u>The above was stated so I hopefully do not upset anyone or start a flame war.<br></u></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,255)">
<u>Flame wars are unproductive.</u><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,255)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,255)">
So I will simply say "I have Nothing to hide", But I will have my Privacy when I choose to.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,255)">I have been watching Microsoft, Bill Gates the nsa, echelon and others for a very long time & I don't like what I see.<br>
<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,255)"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,255)"><u>There was a post just today that I approve of, it is related to Skype & a free Open Source Software replacement that is in the works right now.</u><br>
<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,255)"><u>If it were not for Open Discussion without reprisals Linux would Not be where it is.<br></u></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,255)">
<u>Sometimes we disagree, that is all part of learning.</u><br></div><br><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,255)"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,255)">
I read this numerous times before I mailed it, fretting if I missed something or said something I should not have.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,255)"><br>
</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,255)"><u>Please take it with the productive good intentions that were intended.</u><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,255)">
Sorry it was so long winded and took an hour to post.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,255)">Chris.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,255)">
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 3 March 2014 19:28, CrankyOldBugger <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:crankyoldbugger@gmail.com" target="_blank">crankyoldbugger@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">A well-worded reply, Georges. Bonus points for the Latin!<div><br></div><div>I, too, have had enough of Microsoft in recent years. While it would be hard to put together a list of all of the things they've done that have upset me, let's just say the top three items are the horrors of Windows 8.x, the horrors of Office 2013, and even more horrifying, they dropped Technet! The bastards!</div>
<div><br></div><div>But while I was sulking in my misery, I discovered Linux. And I forced myself to learn it better. Now I'm happier than I ever was with Microsoft. So there's a silver lining in every dark cloud (unless that cloud is hosted by Amazon....)</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 3 March 2014 18:46, Georges Rodier <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:georges.rodier@gmail.com" target="_blank">georges.rodier@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa. My apologies to one and all for my poorly<br>
crafted expressions of emotion evident in my original posting on<br>
Microsoft and Interoperability with Linux. Rest assured that I shall<br>
never again let such language appear in any future posting to an Ubuntu<br>
website or mailing list. It is clear that only a drop or two of vitriol<br>
can ignite some sort of flame war and such is certainly not needed<br>
here.<br>
<br>
However, my deeply felt distrust, dislike and thorough antipathy for the<br>
mega dollar company headquartered in Redmond, Washington, has its roots<br>
in a ten-year stint supporting users of its almost pervasive server and<br>
desktop operating systems and especially its office suites.<br>
<br>
No doubt the fellow from Redmond was promoting his company's foray into<br>
interoperability but he did claim to be a developer there responsible<br>
for their developing and promoting interoperability. All the same, I<br>
ought not to have been intemperate in my expression and upon reflexion<br>
do think it would have been better had I just not posted at all.<br>
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Lastly, I do hope that any who have considered leaving this mailing list<br>
will remain. I deeply regret that any have left due either to my posting<br>
or to any of the responses to it.<br>
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