Re: database market share 2003

"Andrew Hamm" <ahamm@mail.com> wrote in message news:<2ish4qFqgp4iU1@uni-berlin.de>... > Daniel Morgan wrote: > > > > Then we can all get back to postings about things of import such as > > Pink Floyd vs. Bach. > > Couldn't we just do this anyway? Don't you all know the second law of > Usenet? > > Arguing on the Internet is like running in the Special Olympics. Even if you > win, you are still retarded. > > I'm waiting to see who's going to be the first to lose the argument > according to Godwin's Law (first law of Usenet). But this thread seems to be proving Garry's Paradox: http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=1996Dec17.142701.5177%40rossinc.com&output=gplain > > Take it offline or meet for a macho-cafe-latte-decaf-muggachino in a > Starbucks somewhere, so you can sort out this vital issue once and for all. > > Is c.d.i destined to become a desolate wasteland of pointless arguments and > whingers pining for the good old days? jg -- @home.com is bogus. Remember Kaypro? http://www.lewisizerpresents.com/leo.html

Joel Garry wrote: >> >> I'm waiting to see who's going to be the first to lose the argument >> according to Godwin's Law (first law of Usenet). > > But this thread seems to be proving Garry's Paradox: > http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=1996Dec17.142701.5177%40rossinc.com&output=gplain I dunno - noon is starting to get very personal. I'm tempted to weigh in and nudge him towards vast sweeping generalisations of corporate personalities, to see if he stumbles over the abyss. I wouldn't want to activate Quirk, as was pointed out in your link.