[pianotech] dues payment fiasco

[David Love]

This is definitely getting to be too much information of the 4th kind. 

Administrators, just fix the f-----g thing so we can back to normal
dialogue.  Please.

David Love
www.davidlovepianos.com


-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Duaine Hechler
Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 7:42 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] dues payment fiasco

David, et all,

David, unfortunately Horace is completely correct and .............

with my many years of IT experience, anything that is developed under
Windows (and IE) will only be supported and 
working under Windows (and IE). AKA, probably HL.

Whereas, mailman, was an "open source" movement product, developed under
Linux and - just - works !

In Linux, there are no "proprietary" rules and regulations to be forced to
use by MS.

Plus, for those that don't know, Linux has called "distributions" (flavors,
if you will, Red Hat, Ubuntu, openSUSE, 
etc). Each "distro" has a - collection - of different software - written and
controlled by thousands of people all over 
the world. Each distro is made up of a "base" collection of "packages" -
that HAVE TO PLAY NICE TOGETHER without MS's 
forced control - and each one having it's own installation, controlling and
maintenance software. So you pick a 
"distro", try it, customize it to your likeness - or - move on to another
distro, until you find one you like. The "key" 
is that all the underlying "packages" are - the same - and will play nicely
with almost anything.

MAJOR - MS FORCING YOUR HAND::     There will never be an IE 9 for XP
(8/16/10)

A good example of MS and Windows control:

My brother-in-law - was - into Real Estate and he  HAD to use a CERTAIN
version of Windows and a CERTAIN version of IE. 
That was because the software company did not what to BOTHER rewriting and
fixing code for all the changes that MS & IE 
was throwing at them. Since my brother-in-law was complacent and didn't want
to rock the boat, I called the company and 
read the the riot act about their software NOT working properly under
Firefox (at the time, under Windows). They keep 
back and said that their department was getting cut and they didn't have the
time and expertise to work with Firefox. I 
reminded them that Firefox is rapidly gaining ground and that they need to
get on the ball and provide support. They 
called me back (which was a shocker) and said that they have tracked there
help logs and found enough complaints that 
they are going to HAVE to support it - in the near future.

Bottom line, I see HL developed under Windows and IE - so guess where it is
going to work the "best" <grin>

Which IMHO, the "open source" movement is gaining ground by leaps and
bounds. People are - finally - getting tired of 
MS's control.

To make the "sting" a little sharper - there is a very high chance you iPad,
iPhone, etc are running a customized 
version of Linux. I bet these devices don't need to get booted as often as
your Desktop / Laptop. <grin>

Duaine

On 02/01/2012 08:00 PM, David Love wrote:
> I was just messin' wit you, Horace.  Clearly your technical discussion was
> above this 19th century craftsperson.
>
> That being said, I find that the pop-up blocker often renders certain
> interactive websites unusable.  The only answer then is to disable the
> pop-up blocker, at least temporarily.  You can then engage it again when
you
> are done.  My experience with earthlink as a webhost is mixed but I'm too
> lazy to change.  Certain browsers work well with it and others don't.
>
> Anyway, I don't know if that's the issue here or not but it occurred to me
> as one possibility.  I'll certainly leave it to others to make that
> determination.
>
> David Love
> www.davidlovepianos.com

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Duaine Hechler
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Tuning, Servicing&  Rebuilding
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Florissant, MO 63034
(314) 838-5587
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