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On Tue, 23 May 2000, chuck wrote:
>Robin Faichney wrote:
>
>> That claim of yours was refuted, Chuck -- shown to rest upon the conflation
>> of "useless" with "unnecessary".
>>
>
>Sorry, Robin, but you're wrong on this. You haven't paid careful attention to the
>context. As I remember, you actually deleted it rather than read it.
Don't know exactly what "it" refers to there, but I clearly remember your claim
that Blackmore said the Windows OS and fax machines are useless, unsupported by
detailed citations. And someone then supplied such cites, proving she said not
that they're useless, but that they're unnecessary. And you responded saying
that amounted to the same thing! Have I really got that wrong? Or are you
trying to cover your tracks?
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