Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 10:35:22 +1200 (NZST) From: Juha Saarinen <juha@saarinen.org> To: Dave Uhring <duhring@charter.net> Cc: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>, "Jim C. Nasby" <jim@nasby.net>, "freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>, Oliver Fromme <olli@secnetix.de> Subject: Re: JFS Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0107091028480.326-100000@vimfuego.saarinen.org> In-Reply-To: <3B48DD64.6060304@charter.net>
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On Sun, 8 Jul 2001, Dave Uhring wrote:
> Microsoft product for its web site is one which cannot eat its own
> dogfood.
That's a Microsoft expression ("eating your own dogfood" refers to using
the products you develop in a production setting, to shake out bugs etc).
> If they have any "ingenuity" or "quality" of any kind one
> would think that they would use it themselves. And it is not a matter
> of a font which I don't like; actually I do like the Arial font, but it
> is NOT a Unix font.
What is a UNIX font? Arial is a TrueType font, designed by the Monotype
foundry in UK (now owned by AGFA). TrueType is a font format originally
designed by Apple. Microsoft licenses TrueType from Apple.
Religious/political objections to technologies don't always work...
--
Regards,
Juha
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