[mythtv-users] MythTV vs. Windows Media Center

[jedi]

On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 11:32:05AM -0500, Scott & Nicole Harris wrote:
> >On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 9:32 AM, Reynolds, Brian
> <Brian.Reynolds at fiserv.com> wrote:
> >> Well, I tried, but it wasn't an option in the WebMail client that my
> >> company uses.  Lighten up.
> 
> >Brian, you seem to be underestimating the cultural differences between
> >the Windows world and the FOSS world.  If you don't have much
> >experience with FOSS or members of the FOSS community this isn't
> >unexpected, but you're very much a fish out of water here and you
> >don't seem to realize it.  This is a big part of the reason why
> >there's been more or less universal agreement that MythTV isn't the
> >right fit for you.
> 
> >Eric
> 
> Could you explain the difference, then?  Because if I were to sum it up from 
> what I'm reading here, pertaining to the whole bottom posting thing, it 
> would go something like this. "Members of the FOSS religion are an arrogant, 
> intolerant, inflexible (ironic considering the miracles of flexibility of 

    ...sounds like a troll that has spilled over from some other part of the 
net.

> open source they proclaim) bunch of a-holes, still stuck in computing out of 
> daddy Jobs' garage, trying to pigeon hole everyone to conforming to their 
> idea of how it's supposed to be...a la the Microsoft they so loathe". 
> Probably not an accurate assessment, but that's certainly how you're coming 
> off.
> 
> Guess what?  He's right, not every mail client will reply at the bottom with 
> the pretty formatting your little heart desires.  My client won't do it, but 
> then again, none of your precious open source email clients are able to do 

    It's an editor. Clearly an editor can accomodate whatever formatting
requirements are considered appropriate in the given context.