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From: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@atkielski.com>
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Jan writes:

> You do seem to be able to generate a lot of
> heated feelings, but that's by making sweeping
> statements on a subject you're no expert in ...

No.  People with heavy emotional investments in a mere software product generate
their own feelings.  It's their religion, not mine.  To me, it's an academic
discussion, and I grew out of religious devotion to any system or software
product many years ago.

> ... and selectively ignoring potentially helpful
> comments on the basis that "new hardware never
> breaks".

I'm not without experience in IT, and I know that hardware nowadays virtually
never breaks.  People who immediately suspect hardware are usually trying to
protect their feelings of affection for some piece of software, somewhere.
Sometimes I think hardware engineers will do the opposite, blaming software for
everything, but I don't interact as much with hardware engineers, so I can't
confirm this.


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