Re: [tlug] Re: Why Vista Sucks (was: linux: it's becoming ubiquitous)

[Attila Kinali <attila@example.com>]

Moin,

On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:46:45 +0900
"Gernot Hassenpflug" <aikishugyo@example.com> wrote:

> I have to say thank you for the reponses to my post on Vista and
> business (that would Messrs. Kinali, Glover and Turnbull). As Josh
> pointed out, I am not defending or promoting any particular view, and
> I realize there are many ways to see things and to do business. It
> shocks me though that a lot of people seem to not see more than one or
> other way to do business. As for the comment on academics, LOL, I
> think my point (this is a rushed post, sorry) was that firstly,
> Western is IMNSO opinion better than Eastern for the ideas and
> purposes I have in mind (obviously, given my bias),

Now, that makes me wonder what you have in mind :-)

But i can understand your chain of thought, other cultures
think different and do things differently. It's only
natural, that if we try to measure them whether they fit
into some western system that eastern people will perform
worse then western people.

> and that the
> emphasis in the sciences is more easily focussed on proper data
> analysis than it can (or should?) be in the humanities, simply because
> the fields are mostly far better and more easily defined. Sorry, don't
> have time to check what else I had in mind. In any case, it was in no
> way intended as a slight on the humanities. Also, I am not criticizing
> Eastern education and for the things they might be better at.

May i ask where and how long you've been in the east?
Just out of pure interest.

			Attila Kinali

PS: Would it be possible that you could use a mail client that
doesn't break threading?

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