Re: Let's not bluff ourselves.

From	noydb@no.way (Bruce Sinclair)
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: Let's not bluff ourselves.
Date	2015-06-14 23:14 +0000
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<mll59s$bft$4@dont-email.me> (permalink)
References	<mlcha9$5uk$1@dont-email.me> <87vbeuym1r.fsf@usenet.ankman.de> <20150612090431.09a9884a@jresid.jretrading.com>

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In article <20150612090431.09a9884a@jresid.jretrading.com>, Joe <joe@jretrading.com> wrote:
>On Thu, 11 Jun 2015 17:25:52 -0400
>Andreas Kohlbach <june15.6.ankman@spamgourmet.net> wrote:
>
>> no.top.post@gmail.com wrote on 11. June 2015:
>> >
>> > we can't be free of the crushing heel of M$.
>> >
>> > Government transactions which you must comply with don't follow
>> > *nix [open standards].
>> > You are forced to have an "up to date Microsoft compatible system".
>> 
>> Example program or application?
>> 
>Real-time PAYE reporting to Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs in the
>UK. There is a 32-bit Linux version, which I have failed to get working
>on either a real 32-bit machine or a VM in 64-bit. And I've run Sid for
>a decade. It's certified for a particular Red Hat, and possibly a Suse.

If the govt insists you use their system, seems to me it's their duty to 
provide one that works. :)
Report it as broken ?

(snip)

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Let's not bluff ourselves. no.top.post@gmail.com - 2015-06-11 17:42 +0000
  Re: Let's not bluff ourselves. Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2015-06-11 11:19 -0700
    Re: Let's not bluff ourselves. Harold Stevens <wookie@cindy.localdomain> - 2015-06-11 14:33 -0500
      Re: Let's not bluff ourselves. Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2015-06-11 14:06 -0700
        Re: Let's not bluff ourselves. mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2015-06-15 19:09 +0100
          Re: Let's not bluff ourselves. Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be.invalid> - 2015-06-16 01:37 +0200
            Re: Let's not bluff ourselves. Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2015-06-15 18:13 -0700
              Re: Let's not bluff ourselves. Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be.invalid> - 2015-06-16 09:14 +0200
              Re: Let's not bluff ourselves. noydb@no.way (Bruce Sinclair) - 2015-06-16 23:08 +0000
                Re: Let's not bluff ourselves.  Off topic!! Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2015-06-16 18:40 -0700
    Re: Let's not bluff ourselves. "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2015-06-11 22:40 -0400
    Re: Let's not bluff ourselves. Johann Klammer <klammerj@NOSPAM.a1.net> - 2015-06-12 11:32 +0200
      Re: Let's not bluff ourselves. Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2015-06-12 07:27 -0700
    Re: Let's not bluff ourselves. Keith Keller <kkeller-usenet@wombat.san-francisco.ca.us> - 2015-06-14 19:37 -0700
    Re: Let's not bluff ourselves. no.top.post@gmail.com - 2015-06-19 04:48 +0000
  Re: Let's not bluff ourselves. Andreas Kohlbach <june15.6.ankman@spamgourmet.net> - 2015-06-11 17:25 -0400
    Re: Let's not bluff ourselves. Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2015-06-12 09:04 +0100
      Re: Let's not bluff ourselves. noydb@no.way (Bruce Sinclair) - 2015-06-14 23:14 +0000
    Re: Let's not bluff ourselves. Unknown <dog@gmail.com> - 2015-06-15 14:24 +0000
  Re: Let's not bluff ourselves. "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2015-06-11 22:32 -0400
    Re: Let's not bluff ourselves. ruben safir <ruben@mrbrklyn.com> - 2015-06-13 16:06 -0400
      Re: Let's not bluff ourselves. Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2015-06-13 13:47 -0700
      Re: Let's not bluff ourselves. "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2015-06-13 20:14 -0400
        Re: Let's not bluff ourselves. noydb@no.way (Bruce Sinclair) - 2015-06-14 23:15 +0000
  Re: Let's not bluff ourselves. noydb@no.way (Bruce Sinclair) - 2015-06-14 23:12 +0000

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