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[Vincent Cayenne]

Frankly, these are of interest to those who see a benefit in carping 
about an already-decided issue. OS 9 is not an option going forward. 
Whether or not that was a good decision is a moot point. The constant 
revisiting of this issue on your part reminds me:

>"The code of tribal wisdom says that when you discover you are riding
>a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount.
>
>In law firms, we often try other strategies with dead horses,
>including the following: buying a stronger whip; changing riders;
>saying things like 'this is the way we have always ridden this
>horse'; appointing a committee to study the horse; arranging to visit
>other firms to see how they ride dead horses;increasing the standards
>to ride dead horses; declaring that the horse is better, faster and
>cheaper dead; and finally, harnessing several dead horses together
>for increased speed."
>
>         Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson, 16 February 1999, in
>the courtroom after lunch on the second day of testimony from
>Microsoft's Brad Chase.

-- 
Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change 
their minds cannot change anything.
  - G.B. Shaw