[Info-vax] OT: Rob Short: Operating System Evolution

[Richard B. Gilbert]

VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> In article <y0c_m.14037$U5.212322 at newsb.telia.net>, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jan-Erik_S=F6derholm?= <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> writes:
>> JF Mezei wrote:
>>> Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>>
>>>> It is definitely possible to have a SL app that does not
>>>> work with ML.
>>> And is best to just say "NO" to Microsoft trying yet again to force itw
>>> own proprietary standard onto the world. Just disable "Silverlight" and
>>> don't want any content distributed in that format.
>>>
>>> If people want to distribute content they will choose a format which is
>>> accepted by the community.
>> What is your definition of "the community ??
>> If I'm not wrong, 95% of the "community" run Microsoft OS and
>> tools so disabling those tools cuts you of from a large part
>> of todays world (at least the online world).
>> It's up to you I guess but it seems a bit silly.
> 
> 95%?  Did you know that 87% of most statistics are conjured up out of 10%
> air 45% of the time?
> 

Did you know that more than 40% of the population have subnormal 
intelligence?  (My favorite statistic!)