Re: Luddite defined

["C. Caballero" Carlo.Caballero@xxxxxxxx]

Hmm. I guess that makes XY3 the equivalent of the spinning wheel and XY
4 the spinning jenny!
   Anyone care to offer a mechanical analogy for MS Word?

Carlo Caballero
thyrsus@xxxxxxxx

On Fri, 1 Oct 1999, Olson, Timothy wrote:

> >Leslie:
> >
> >What do you mean by the "Luddite" version?
>
> My good friend Merriam-Webster has this to say:
> ============================
> Ludd·ite \ål«-ædÉt\ noun
> [perhaps from Ned Ludd, 18th century Leicestershire workman who destroyed
> machinery]
> (1811)
> : one of a group of early 19th century English workmen destroying
> laborsaving machinery as a protest; broadly : one who is opposed to
> especially technological change
> _ Luddite adjective
> ===============
> So presumably the "Luddite" version of Xy would be Xy3.
>
> --TLO
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