From: bobx@... (Bob)
Date: 2002-01-19T23:00:12+09:00
Subject: Re: New Rubygarden poll

Dave Thomas <Dave@PragmaticProgrammer.com> wrote in message news:<m2pu47ug21.fsf@zip.local.thomases.com>...
> Chris Gehlker <gehlker@fastq.com> writes:
> 
> > I found that poll a little strange. Linux was left off the list. MacOS X was
> > separated out from the other BSDs. WinCE was called out separately but the
> > rest of Windows was lumped together.
> 
> Well - I'm open to suggestions:
> 
> When I made the categories, I though that Linux is the baseline. Mac
> OS X seems different to the other BSDs, in that there's stuff like
> COCOA support. ANd WinCE is different to the other Windows, more so
> that (say) XP is different to 2000. Anyway, that was _my_ reasoning.
> I'd be happy to recast the poll differently.
> 
> And in general, if people want to e-mail me suggestions for polls, I'd
> be delighted.
> 
> 
> 
> Dave

I would agree with your reasoning.

Bob