[arachne] Re: Arachne for Linux...

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On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:27:47 -0500 (CDT), Rob <robo13@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Rob,

> Sorry if I jumped to conclusions. I was refering to previous
> discussions, regarding dyslexia. See excerpts below. I just
> seem to see so much anti everything nonDOS on this list. I

Yeah, there is a bit too much of that. Me, I think the
argument is pointless, it's like saying a carving knife is
better than a paring knife because the former is bigger.

> didn't subscribe just for DOS, but for Arachne. Arachne was
> the first software I was ever able to install by myself and
> it's still some of my most favored. DOS was the first system
> I ever installed, and enjoyed it thoroughly. I would like to
> use Arachne in my systems of choice though, the same systems
> MP uses. I would like to see Arachne survive. Since I would
> like to see Arachne for Linux developed further, it perturbs

We're working on it. With a bit of help, it will happen.

> me to know that any potential Linux developers checking out
> this list, would prolly think, 'what a bunch of elitist old
> DOS curmudgeons', and leave. Even though I have an absolute
> hatred of M$ and it's business practices, and I believe most

I think that's one thing that almost everyone here shares --
a loathing of M$.

> the entrance exam. I forgot a period at the end of a sentence.
> I was the only one I know of who got out of that. I finished
> at the top of seven speech classes, and close to the top in
> algebra and technical math. I was the only one old enuff to
> go into a bar after class in my academics. I finished at the
> top of all but one of my Computer Science, and at the top of
> all my electronic classes. Also the only one to ever get perfect
> scores on midterms and finals at the school in the tech classes.
> I finished in the upper two percent of the nation. State Farm

Interesting how smart we can be inspite of the 'disability' eh?
I was the first person ever given a perfect mark by my logic
professor. I read perfectly, but my spelling is so bad that it's funny.
If anyone thinks that dyslexics need be ilitterate, they are 
ignorant.



Regards,


Ray Andrews
.

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