10 Year Rule (was Re: Recommendations for operating system)

[Jay West]

Zane wrote...
> I personally think that this pretty much sums it up.  The 10 year rule is 
> the bedrock of the list.
I'm way beyond the point of discussion on this, thanks to recent comments.

> My  *KEY* complaint is people not changing the subject when the subject of 
> the thread drifts.
Oh great. Why don't you just bring up the "reply to list" address topic too. 
Oh, and while you're at it, lets dive in to the "blog format" thread again. 
Or how about the "divide the list by hardware interest" thread. Thanks for 
the gasoline on the fire.

You want to know MY key complaint? It's people who keep bringing up the same 
volatile threads, again and again and again.

I wasn't kidding - I'm 1/2 step away from a server originated mandatory 
list-wide "time-out".

J