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Re: [News] Windows Incompatible with Its Own Documentation

  • Subject: Re: [News] Windows Incompatible with Its Own Documentation
  • From: Mark Kent <mark.kent@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2007 00:58:52 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • References: <1493291.kisOH1Z23F@schestowitz.com> <b7mgb4-fah.ln1@sirius.tg00suus7038.net> <1595152.6hvu2fQYH1@schestowitz.com>
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  • Xref: ellandroad.demon.co.uk comp.os.linux.advocacy:500344
Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> __/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Wednesday 28 February 2007 16:11 \__
> 
>> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
>> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>  wrote
>> on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 03:44:09 +0000
>> <1493291.kisOH1Z23F@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>> Windows Help files not supported in Vista
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | For all the effort they put into building operating systems
>>> | that are backwards-compatible, they then go and choose not to
>>> | include support for Help files that are built to use the
>>> | old WinHlp32.exe program.
>>> `----
>>>
>>>
> http://www.downloadsquad.com/2007/02/27/windows-help-files-not-supported-in-vista/
>>>
>>> Lack of standards leads to obsolescence of software and information,
>>> rather than preserve it. Maybe you can call Bill Gates for assistance
>>> instead. His number is (408)726-4390.
>> 
>> Erm....that's a SF Bay area/San Jose number.  Doesn't Bill
>> live in a 206, 253, or 425 area code?
> 
> I'm not too sure, but sources say that's his real number. Given that he
> employs a bunch of people to handle his E-mail (READ: delete all the SPAM
> which Windows PCs are spewing), it's likely that there's a middleman here as
> well.
> 

I think it most unlikely that there'll be a published number for Bill
Gates which has direct access.

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