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From: Casper H.S. Dik on 9 Mar 2010 06:56 dkcombs(a)panix.com (David Combs) writes: >So what's the problem with sending a letter to McNealy with >100 signatures DEMANDING that they continue to support CDE >WAY out into the future? Because he doesn't work at Oracle or Sun? Casper -- Expressed in this posting are my opinions. They are in no way related to opinions held by my employer, Sun Microsystems. Statements on Sun products included here are not gospel and may be fiction rather than truth.
From: Richard B. Gilbert on 9 Mar 2010 07:44 Casper H.S. Dik wrote: > dkcombs(a)panix.com (David Combs) writes: > >> So what's the problem with sending a letter to McNealy with >> 100 signatures DEMANDING that they continue to support CDE >> WAY out into the future? > > Because he doesn't work at Oracle or Sun? > > Casper Even if he did, "non-negotiable demands" tend to get a response of "fsck you *and* the horse you rode in on!" A polite request, explaining why CDE is needed/wanted is far more likely to get attention! Failing that, there are other vendors and other operating systems.
From: Tim Bradshaw on 9 Mar 2010 08:39 On 2010-03-09 11:02:55 +0000, David Combs said: > So what's the problem with sending a letter to McNealy with > 100 signatures DEMANDING that they continue to support CDE > WAY out into the future? The problem is that that is more CDE users than there are.
From: Richard B. Gilbert on 9 Mar 2010 08:46 Tim Bradshaw wrote: > On 2010-03-09 11:02:55 +0000, David Combs said: > >> So what's the problem with sending a letter to McNealy with >> 100 signatures DEMANDING that they continue to support CDE >> WAY out into the future? > > The problem is that that is more CDE users than there are. > I don't know about the rest of you guys and gals but I've been using CDE for twenty years or so. I'm used to it, it does what I need, and I wouldn't change it if I could.
From: Casper H.S. Dik on 9 Mar 2010 08:52
"Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88(a)comcast.net> writes: >Tim Bradshaw wrote: >> On 2010-03-09 11:02:55 +0000, David Combs said: >> >>> So what's the problem with sending a letter to McNealy with >>> 100 signatures DEMANDING that they continue to support CDE >>> WAY out into the future? >> >> The problem is that that is more CDE users than there are. >> >I don't know about the rest of you guys and gals but I've been using CDE >for twenty years or so. I'm used to it, it does what I need, and I >wouldn't change it if I could. Perhaps 15 years, not much more than that. Casper -- Expressed in this posting are my opinions. They are in no way related to opinions held by my employer, Sun Microsystems. Statements on Sun products included here are not gospel and may be fiction rather than truth. |