[OS X TeX] Threads on MacIntel

[Simon Spiegel]

On 10.06.2005, at 15:49, Alain Schremmer wrote:

>>
>> My apologies, then.  I'm sincerely sorry if I offended anyone or  
>> caused any one to feel that they wasted their time reading posts  
>> off the topic of TeX.  I hesitated to post this type of info here,  
>> but saw that several others were seemingly interested in this  
>> thread, and so I posted two messages.
>>
>> Just for the record, I DON'T mind when others on this list do  
>> occasionally post what is not always strictly TeX related, as the  
>> folks on this list generally have thoughtful, provocative ideas  
>> about all manner of things -- including TeX!
>>
>
> I certainly second that.
>
> By the way, Spiegel's "could we please restrict the discussion on  
> the PPC -> Intel change to LaTeX related issues?" would seem to  
> eliminate "TeX" related issue.
>
> More generally, I think that such admonishments are perilously  
> close to censorship by intimidation.

I actually wanted to stay out of this thread since its whole idea was  
to reduce traffic but I think this reply is really weird and  
completely misses  the tone. I mainly asked for something and clearly  
said that I'm aware that others might disagree. In no way did I try  
to intimidate or censor anyone.If the majority on this list doesn't  
share my opinion -> fair enough, go on. For my part, I'm on this list  
to discuss (Xe)(La)TeX related issues and in this area the  
implications of the Intel switch are not very severe.

simon


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