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Date:      Mon, 19 Sep 2005 12:11:36 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: IE in FreeBSD?
Message-ID:  <Pine.A41.4.63a.0509191210130.177402@dante76.u.washington.edu>
In-Reply-To: <432F0A88.2010201@u.washington.edu>
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On Mon, 19 Sep 2005, Garrett Cooper wrote:

> Frank Jahnke wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 2005-09-19 at 10:58 -0700, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
>>
>> 
>>> And as for basic apps like wordprocessors and such - well I have to
>>> remind
>>> you that you yourself already argued in a previous post that this entire
>>> scenario of yours that your talking about here specifically dealt with
>>> apps that are more complex than that.  In other words the rules of
>>> engagement
>>> you set up for this discussion was specifically NOT home user apps, it
>>> was
>>> complex business apps in a work environment.  Now your dragging in home
>>> users which are a different deal alltogether.  Recall the OP wants to run
>>> IE to deal with vendor websites that are IE specific and already ruled
>>> out
>>> telling the vendors of these busted websites to fuck off (like a home
>>> user
>>> has the freedom to do) since he has to go to them for work.
>>> 
>> 
>> Uh, Ted?  It really is customary to at least acknowledge and reply to
>> the proper author.  Mario Hoerich wrote about home apps; I did not.  So
>> Mario set no such "ground rules." 
>> Given how this thread appears to have turned into your own personal
>> soapbox to show heaven knows what, I'll bow out. 
>> Frank
>>
>>
>   Sheesh, the original poster has not replied in eons--so leave the thread 
> dead. I would rather not hear someone's whining about OSes and software 
> please. I was just providing support and backing up my statements previously, 
> but now-like all OS-specific related threads this has now turned into 
> flamebait.
>   Please take this to another discussion forum or list.
> -Garrett

 	Sorry, that was a bit harsh to Frank. I was talking primarily of 
Ted since he seems to be perpetuating this discussion as a soapbox for 
himself and his ideals.
-Garrett



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