In article <5o65svFl92hhU1@mid.individual.net>, Dave Hinz <DaveHinz@gmail.com> writes: > On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 01:08:25 -0700, Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> wrote: >> On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 20:45:58 GMT, David Harper >><devnull@obliquity.u-net.com> declaimed the following in >> soc.genealogy.computing: >>> >>> M$ doesn't need encouragement. They invented the concept of "embrace >>> and extend", remember :-) >>> >> "Embrace"? With a stiletto up the sleeve, targeted at the kidneys, >> maybe <G> And "extend" implies they should still /accept/ the former >> capability.... >> "Embrace and Ignore" is probably more accurate <G> > > I've heard it said that "Microsoft follows standards the way that > caribou follow fish". > You got that right! They don't follow standards - they write crappy software then insist that the s/w IS compliant with the "new" standard they've just proposed. -- Robert G. Melson | Rio Grande MicroSolutions | El Paso, Texas ----- "People unfit for freedom---who cannot do much with it---are hungry for power." ---Eric Hoffer