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Java Jive wrote:
One of the reasons it is widely ignored is that it's out of date.
Those instructions date largely from the time of a slow internet and
reading news using dumb terminals, where they made a lot of sense.

Now almost everyone has GUIs with navigation-style interfaces, and the
dumbest part of the terminal is those who insist on using an outdated
mode of posting that f*cks up modern software ...

You must positively love MS, then. Change purely for the sake of change
and to hell with compatibility - even with their own products.
Tell me just what has changed over the years in a simple text based
medium such as this? The answer is nothing. It was designed to be used on
the simplest of computers world wide on any OS - but of course that would
be a red rag to Gates.

If you dislike it so much, stick to forums.

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