[Info-vax] Release of OpenVMS V9.2 for x86 Scheduled for July 14, 2022

[Simon Clubley]

On 2022-07-12, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) <helbig at asclothestro.multivax.de> wrote:
> In article <tai4p9$1qa36$1 at dont-email.me>, "Robert A. Brooks" <FIRST.LAST at vmssoftware.com> writes:
>> On 7/11/2022 4:25 PM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
>> > In article <tahokr$1ou3j$1 at dont-email.me>, Simon Clubley
>> > <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes:
>> > 
>> >>> What BestBuy PoS X86 box, that won't carry Billy Tax, capable of running OpenVM
>> >>> cost meS?
>> > 
>> > Why does hardware without Windows installed have to pay anything to
>> > MicroSoft?
>> 
>> 
>> Simon didn't write that.
>> 

Thanks for pointing that out.

>
> I didn't claim that he did.  The text he wrote is marked as a quotation, 
> using a standard format which has been around for decades.  And I'm not 
> claiming that you wrote what I wrote or what VAXman wrote because you 
> quoted us.  I don't think that anyone is confused.
>

You deleted Brian's from line from the article body and left mine in place.

You should have left Brian's from line in place and then it would not
have been confusing.

If you want to talk standard formats, then the standard format is to
always identify who quote a quoted section of text.

Simon.

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