Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 08:48:08 -0700 From: "Michael O'Henly" <michael@327.ca> To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: ML Duke <mlduke@concentric.net> Subject: Re: Introductory Book on FreeBSD Message-ID: <01052208480800.01995@h24-69-46-74.gv.shawcable.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10105212307540.318-100000@mlduke.concentric.net> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10105212307540.318-100000@mlduke.concentric.net>
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On Monday 21 May 2001 23:15, ML Duke wrote: [...] > So he has a look, says basically "not bad for a draft," and then > says you did it with $mswurd!??! > What kind of statement is _that_? > You do a book on FBSD, and use $ms tools to produce it? > Tell me he is mistaken. > I shudder to go look for myself as he's _never_ > been wrong on this sort of thing. He is mistaken. Not about the use of Word, but to think that it actually matters. As Freud is supposed to have said, "sometimes a cigar is just a cigar". Well, sometimes a word processor is just a word processor, and not a political statement. The world is full of people who will read a manuscript, say something dismissive about it being "not bad for a draft", then zero in on the software used to create it. You could find a better mentor, IMHO. M. -- Michael O'Henly To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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