>>> ben_b at ppdonline.com 07/24/02 12:54PM >>>
>As a person with no ideological tie to unix based operating systems or

>open source software it appears that the majority of posts on this
list 
>take some sort of shot, large or small, at Microsoft.

"And why would anyone take a shot at 
Microsoft?" Is that your question? 

Or are you confused as to why people on an 
alternative OS email list (like maybe a LUG list), 
specifically, would take a shot at Microsoft?

Or is this simply an uncluttered observation of 
the obvious?