Re: Getting rid of smart quotes/apostrophes on Usenet

From	"Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject	Re: Getting rid of smart quotes/apostrophes on Usenet
Date	2016-04-26 23:28 +0200
Organization	On The Road
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On 04-26-2016 18:53, MalcolmO wrote:
> On 2016/04/24 5:27 PM, Happy.Hobo wrote:
>> Son two, in spite of choosing a programming career, embraces Windows,
>> not even liking Linux.
>
> Well, he's not just a user; and he knows which side of his bread is
> buttered. My son, a CS grad, uses Win7. But he got the source code for
> his Android phone, removed the parts he didn't like, re-compiled and
> installed that on his phone.
>
> Windows and Android are really best suited to CS grads who can use them
> appropriately. All the people who don't know a thing about computers
> have Windows. It's a shame. They want it to be an information appliance
> that's as easy to use as their TV, but when you tell them that that's
> what a Mac is, they still buy Windows PCs. Then when they become
> apoplectic using Windows, you have to go easy on the I-told-you-sos.

I am a CS grad, and Windows is NOT "best suited" for me.  And having 
used it at work (software engineering) from 1997 till retirement in 
2014, I can also state that the only versions I can even tolerate are 
Windows 2000, XP, and 7.  Everything before or after is proctalgia.

Those three are, dare I say?, actually not too bad.  But I still far 
prefer OS X and a few Linux versions.

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Re: Getting rid of smart quotes/apostrophes on Usenet MalcolmO <user@domain.invalid> - 2016-04-11 02:02 -0400
  Re: Getting rid of smart quotes/apostrophes on Usenet dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2016-04-11 19:59 +1000
    Re: Getting rid of smart quotes/apostrophes on Usenet android <here@there.was> - 2016-04-11 12:54 +0200
    Re: Getting rid of smart quotes/apostrophes on Usenet John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2016-04-11 19:48 -0700
      Re: Getting rid of smart quotes/apostrophes on Usenet dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2016-04-13 19:52 +1000
    Re: Getting rid of smart quotes/apostrophes on Usenet MalcolmO <user@domain.invalid> - 2016-04-26 12:33 -0400
      Re: Getting rid of smart quotes/apostrophes on Usenet dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2016-04-27 07:24 +1000
  Re: Getting rid of smart quotes/apostrophes on Usenet Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2015usenet1.subsume.com> - 2016-04-11 16:22 +0000
    Re: Getting rid of smart quotes/apostrophes on Usenet android <here@there.was> - 2016-04-11 19:09 +0200
      Re: Getting rid of smart quotes/apostrophes on Usenet Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2015usenet1.subsume.com> - 2016-04-12 15:26 +0000
        Re: Getting rid of smart quotes/apostrophes on Usenet android <here@there.was> - 2016-04-12 18:27 +0200
          Re: Getting rid of smart quotes/apostrophes on Usenet befr@eaglesoft.de (Bernd Fröhlich) - 2016-04-13 08:54 +0200
            Re: Getting rid of smart quotes/apostrophes on Usenet android <here@there.was> - 2016-04-13 11:34 +0200
              Re: Getting rid of smart quotes/apostrophes on Usenet "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-04-24 23:28 +0200
          Re: Getting rid of smart quotes/apostrophes on Usenet Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2015usenet1.subsume.com> - 2016-04-13 15:21 +0000
            Re: Getting rid of smart quotes/apostrophes on Usenet android <here@there.was> - 2016-04-13 17:57 +0200
            Re: Getting rid of smart quotes/apostrophes on Usenet MalcolmO <user@domain.invalid> - 2016-04-26 12:44 -0400
        Re: Getting rid of smart quotes/apostrophes on Usenet "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-04-24 23:27 +0200
          Re: Getting rid of smart quotes/apostrophes on Usenet MalcolmO <user@domain.invalid> - 2016-04-26 12:53 -0400
            Re: Getting rid of smart quotes/apostrophes on Usenet "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-04-26 23:28 +0200
              Re: Getting rid of smart quotes/apostrophes on Usenet MalcolmO <user@domain.invalid> - 2016-04-26 21:55 -0400
        Childraising (was: Re: Getting rid of smart quotes/apostrophes on Usenet) befr@eaglesoft.de (Bernd Fröhlich) - 2016-04-25 10:14 +0200
        Re: Getting rid of smart quotes/apostrophes on Usenet MalcolmO <user@domain.invalid> - 2016-04-26 12:41 -0400
          Re: Getting rid of smart quotes/apostrophes on Usenet "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-04-26 23:32 +0200
            Re: Getting rid of smart quotes/apostrophes on Usenet MalcolmO <user@domain.invalid> - 2016-04-26 21:58 -0400
    Re: Getting rid of smart quotes/apostrophes on Usenet MalcolmO <user@domain.invalid> - 2016-04-26 12:36 -0400
      Re: Getting rid of smart quotes/apostrophes on Usenet Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2015usenet1.subsume.com> - 2016-04-27 15:42 +0000

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