On 2008-07-02, Linonut <linonut@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> claimed:
> * Sinister Midget peremptorily fired off this memo:
>> Once I can get logged into the network over linux (which I plan on
>> starting to work out in earnest now that I don't need IE), there's goes
>> Windross, too. Evolution or TBird shouldn't be too much trouble after
>> that.
>
> The problem I had with Evolution was that the only place to get our
> "certificates" from was Verisign. Those assholes require ActiveX to
> access the software. So I had to use a virtual Billybox to get the
> certificate, then use Outlook Anal Express to extract the certifcate.
I haven't tried to set that part up yet (no time at all), so I'll have
to file that tip away until I do.
> So I guess it wasn't really a problem with Evolution after all, but with
> the cancerous intrusion of one proprietary company's closed technology
> into what should have been the open process of obtaining credentials for
> my e-mailings.
With MS-Crapware® there's no such thing as "open". Unless you mean
"closed", in which case it's as "open" as it's ever going to get. No
matter what they call it.
> Microsoft -- making things difficult for others to force you to use
> their platform.
And they /still/ have increasing trouble shoving it down people's
throats.
--
A fool and his money are soon using Windows.
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