Desktop Linux (fwd)
Michael Costolo
mcostolo at yahoo.com
Thu Feb 26 09:33:22 EST 2004
--- Derek Martin <invalid at pizzashack.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 05:40:55AM -0800, Michael Costolo wrote:
> > --- Jeff Kinz <jkinz at kinz.org> wrote:
> > > Telling people "Oh, you gotta learn all new applications"...
> >
> > But you already proved this to be wrong at the library. It doesn't
> > matter that they *thought* they were using MS Word. They weren't.
> > And they had no complaints.
>
> A single example of anything is not a basis for a theorem or a law.
> Just because one specific case can be solved with a solution that
> seems identical does not mean they all can, and in fact the vast
> majority can not.
Well, I don't think anyone claimed a theorem or law here. Certainly not me. And
supporting one's claims with evidence is generally considered to be necesary to be
convincing.
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"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it"
-George Bernard Shaw
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