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Date:      Fri, 09 Jun 2000 05:08:16 -0400 (EDT)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        "G. Adam Stanislav" <adam@whizkidtech.net>
Cc:        chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   RE: MS poll
Message-ID:  <200006090908.FAA00606@server.baldwin.CX>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20000602105141.008acbd0@mail85.pair.com>

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On 02-Jun-00 G. Adam Stanislav wrote:
> Just found this site <http://neworder.box.sk/>, which contains a poll on
> whether Microsoft should be split. Here are the current results:
> 
> Yes, it will help the computer industry: 12.3%
> Yes, because Microsoft is evil: 25.1%
> No, they shouldn't be split: 14.5%
> No, it doesn't solve anything: 42.4%
> I don't care about that: 5.8%
> Total votes: 1404
> 
> Quite frankly, I'm surprised that the majority (56.9%) voted no.

I'm not.  For the average non-geek user, have a standardized,
mostly easy-to-use interface is a good thing.  Most users prefer
point and click to a CLI.

> Adam

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