On Thursday 07 February 2002 03:20 pm, you wrote: > >>> joelr at ellegon.com 02/07/02 02:38PM >>> > > > >Or, alternately, persuade people that these Linux wierdos will blame them > > for doing something for which they don't have any alternative. > > I don't tell clients "I'm a Linux wierdo, > so don't use Outlook". I do inform them > that the Outlook emailer does leave their > "cheese in the wind". If the need > features only Outlook has, then great, > they can deal with the downside too. > > Most don't. Well, good. > > >Yup. Just like vCard -- and the use of vCard, where it is used, is > > largely in the point-and-click world, and it's not gotten terribly > > widespread adoption. > > Because it's not all that useful in that > context. It's a block waiting for > someone to build something useful > with it. I haven't had time. > Oh, I think having a standard format for exchanging personal information is potentially terribly useful, but only if it's well-integrated with the way that people usually do things. As one of those Linux wierdos, I'd love to have, say, a Perl script that strips them out of incoming emails and adds them to my Palm address database; as one of those Linux wierdos who isn't a programmer, I'm going to have to wait until somebody who has the skills finds the time and inclination. Not holding my breath. > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, > Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -- ------------------------------------- There's a widow in sleepy Chester Who weeps for her only son; There's a grave on the Pabeng River, A grave that the Burmans shun, And there's Subadar Prag Tewarri Who tells how the work was done. -------------------------------------