Homer wrote:
> Verily I say unto thee, that Chris Ahlstrom spake thusly:
>> After takin' a swig o' grog, 7 belched out
>> this bit o' wisdom:
>>
>>>> | The author, James Plasmondon, writes in his introduction: "Every
>>>> | line of code that is written to our standards is a small
>>>> | victory; every line of code that is written to any other
>>>> | standard, is a small defeat."
>
> Does this mean the true purpose of the trolls in COLA is to somehow get
> us all to write Windows software?
>
> But that wouldn't make much sense, because according to them, we write
> "Slopware", and surely they wouldn't want that.
>
>> Take note of the above.
>>
>>> C is your best friend because it runs on more platforms than any
>>> other languages.
>
> Well, as it turns out, GNU/Linux programmers wrote a particularly useful
> piece of Windows software in C, although the trolls may be disappointed
> to note that it's licensed GPLv3:
>
> http://goodbye-microsoft.com/
>
>> Hallelujah!
>
> Amen.
>
One of the best Windows *must have* programs I've seen yet!
--
If we wish to reduce our ignorance, there are people we will
indeed listen to. Trolls are not among those people, as trolls, more or
less by definition, *promote* ignorance.
Kelsey Bjarnason, C.O.L.A. 2008
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