He wants to Kill Bill, after all.

so THAT'S why xenu used DC-10s as transports ... after all, they were going to die at the end of the trip, what's the problem with a few deaths along the way?

what's that you say? he used DC-8s? oh... my bad. carry on.

if life gives you lemons, you should make new life!

and for the religious among us, if god gives you lemons, you find a new god!

we're talking about standards, not vendors. the whole point of this is that there aren't very many vendors because the sheer amount of competing standards makes trying to support linux an unattractive choice for companies that are in it for the most money and the least effort possible.

also, microsoft is hardly the only company that follows that type of business practice - businesses are usually made to make money, not to make people feel all warm inside by playing nice with competing products.

In that case, Linux is doomed. There's gotta be some way to compromise freedom and standardization.

There are some moral standards to lose sleep over, however, compared to some of the things done in this world, I do not see how using the right programming tool for the job - whether it is free or not - would be something that will torture your eternal soul.

atrazine isn't pest control, it's an herbicide

yeah? go shoot up some heroin once, see how you feel afterwards, and then come back and defend your last statement.

Somehow I doubt that will happen, considering their usage of unlicensed private investigators.

seems like it. look at the faqs page.

I will be celebrating the end of my 21st birthday... finally I will be allowed to legally drink alcohol in the US, where I happen to live.

uh, the Foundation series was written by Isaac Asimov... could you explain what you meant by "The Foundation series clearly identifies him as a man who knew history"?