[Info-vax] Windows terminal revamped and open sourced
Arne Vajhøj
arne at vajhoej.dk
Mon Jun 17 20:19:31 EDT 2019
On 6/17/2019 5:36 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 6/17/2019 3:42 PM, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
>> Another group that are pushing OpenVMS "over the edge" are those that
>> deliberately are misspelling “Windows” all the time. It is not fun,it is
>> not
>> professional, it is just childish. Dinosaurs…
>
> You asked that I don't do so in private correspondence, and I complied.
> It's only polite.
>
> But c.o.v is not private, and isn't it a bit disrespectful to attempt to
> control how others express themselves, and yes, control what terminals
> and keyboards others prefer?
>
> I'm aware that some living in urp like some conformity, but, we had this
> guy a while back who allowed "I may totally disagree with what you say,
> but I will defend, to the death, your right to say it", or something
> like that. It's just us damn Yankees who are a bit peculiar that way.
It should be peoples right to express themselves as childish
as they want.
But the right to free speech does not imply right not to be
criticized for it.
And in some cases good manners are way more restrictive
than what are allowed as free speech.
Arne
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