Re: best o/s survey...someone's missing a few bits...

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jt, be brief and consice please.


 jt@ee.net writes:


> Subj:RE: best o/s survey...someone's missing a few bits...
> Date:8/26/2002 3:10:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time
> From:<A HREF="mailto:jt@ee.net";>jt@ee.net</A>
> Reply-to:<A HREF="mailto:midrange-l@midrange.com";>midrange-l@midrange.com</A>
> To:<A HREF="mailto:midrange-l@midrange.com";>midrange-l@midrange.com</A>
> Sent from the Internet
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>
> (I dunno...  Perhaps this topic belongs on the Non-Tech List...?)
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>
> Leif,
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>
> Okay...
>
> I have to fess-up.....  (Can I help it I was raised in the Chicago-area
> until I wuz 14...?!? ;-)
>
>
> And I'm sure You and Chuck KNOW that I GREATLY admire the way You stand on
> Your principles.
>
>
>
> However, I cannot help but look at the practical side of things, as well...
>
> It's been noted that this was a VERY unscientific "survey".  How ELSE can
> You explain the fact SOLARIS led the pack by a fairly wide margin...?!?
> (And how did Windoze get ANY votes...?!? ;-)
>
> The people at the Unix site can stand on their "high" principles, if they
> want, but I haven't seen any explanation of why the iSeries was a late
> entry, in the first place...  (Nor why the OS was referred to as "AS/400"
> either.)
>
> The method of restricting ballot stuffing ALSO prevented multiple people at
> one site from voting for their favorite OS(/400!).
>
>
>
> So, while I was caught red-handed, I'm not ALL that red-faced about voting
> more than once.  I didn't vote every time I had the chance (because I still
> use dial-up for email).  And, as someone pointed out, there are about 1000
> list-members here...  Last I looked "AS/400" had only mustered about 300
> votes, so I find that number to be rather under-representive, rather than
> over-...!
>
>
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> I'm not speaking for anyone who voted more than once, of course.  And to
> those who voted JUST once, again, I admire Your stand.
>
>
>
> For those who didn't take John Earl's suggestion to take 17 seconds out of
> Your day (other than Don) and who voted ZERO times...
>
> Well..
>
> ..what can I say...?
>
>
>
> (I probably erred on principle, and am missing a few bits m'self, but I
> took
> the liberty of voting for mebbe a couple of Youse...;-)
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>
>
> jt
>
> | -----Original Message-----
> | From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com
> | [mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Leif Svalgaard
> | Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 8:33 PM
> | To: midrange-l@midrange.com
> | Subject: Re: best o/s survey...someone's missing a few bits...
> |
> |
> | From: Chuck Lewis <clewis@iquest.net>
> | > And WHAT do you mean by that ?
> | > I did NOT vote more than once.
> | >
> | > a thief thinks everybody steals...
> | >
> | > From: Chuck Lewis <clewis@iquest.net>
> | > > you can't tell me the other folks weren't doing the same thing ;-)
> | > >
> |
> | Chuck, what I meant was that yes, I do believe that "the other folks"
> | weren't doing the same thing. I think that we as a group did badly
> | because some people were thinking "hey, they do it too". Our
> | action here was inexcusable and reflects badly upon us and
> | on the platform. I feel shame having watched my peers do this.
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