[arachne] Are DOS users `Quaint' ??? ... (was Re: DOS only or?)

["Glenn McCorkle" <glennmcc@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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On Tue, 6 May 2008 20:24:27 -0400 (EDT), ewalt@xxxxxxxx wrote:

> It will be interesting to see what they use at H/P since he's
> going to be writing firmware in C. He thinks DOS users are quaint
> and somewhat comical.

  quaint

  1.Main Entry: quaint
  2.Pronunciation: \|kwant\
  3.Function: adjective
  4.Etymology: Middle English queinte, cointe,
               from Anglo-French, clever, expert,
               from Latin cognitus, past
               participle of cognoscere to know -
               more at cognition
  5.Date: 13th century

 1 obsolete : expert,  skilled

 2
  a:marked by skillful design <quaint
    with many a device in India ink -
    Herman Melville>
  b: marked by beauty or elegance

 3
  a: unusual or different in character or appearance
   : odd  <figures of fun, quaint people - Herman Wouk>
  b: pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar
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expert,
skilled,
marked by skillful design,
marked by beauty or elegance,
unusual or different in character or appearance,
pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar

Yep.... sounds about right to me. ;-)

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