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To: dayglored
Once again I bemoan the lack of an FR “Windows” or “Microsoft” ping list...

You could start one.

54 posted on 12/14/2010 4:24:58 PM PST by 6SJ7 (atlasShruggedInd = TRUE)
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To: 6SJ7
>> Once again I bemoan the lack of an FR “Windows” or “Microsoft” ping list...

> You could start one.

That's quite true, and I've considered it seriously, a couple of times. Three problems keep me from doing so.

1. I'm not on FR every day; an MS/Win ping list would need daily attention.

2. I use Windows every day, and I like Win7 a lot, but I'm not a Microsoft fan, and while maintaining a ping list doesn't require fandom per se, I'd get smeared as a Windows fanboy, and I don't need that. My computing credentials go back to 1970, and I've used every version of Windows since 2.0, but I'm hardly an MS/Win booster. I hate having to explain... which is why I wrote this disclaimer on my profile page.

3. Sadly, it would draw even more trolling and unfortunate comments than the Apple threads do. A lot of people hate Microsoft, more than hate Apple. I conferred with a couple of the Windows fans on FR about why such a ping list doesn't exist, and the consensus was that it would be way more stress than it was worth.

Since I'm on high-BP medication already, I don't need that.

But of course, if someone else does start one up, I'll be on it. :-)

58 posted on 12/14/2010 4:43:20 PM PST by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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