How to revert to Thunderbird 14? Thunderbird 15 breaks an add-on

jdow jdow at earthlink.net
Fri Aug 31 00:08:31 UTC 2012


On 2012/08/30 17:02, Joe Zeff wrote:
> On 08/30/2012 04:41 PM, jdow wrote:
>> My arguments with T'bird on that sort of issue are becoming annoying
>> enough a second chance may be warranted for Evolution - or even the Windows
>> successor to Outlook - Putrilook (tm).)
>
> Are you sure that's not actually part of PutriDOS?  Not only does it sound like
> something that belongs there, it'd be appropriate.  Back when I did tech support
> I preferred to refer to it (not to callers) as OutHouse and OutHouse Excess.
>
> For those of you who are lucky enough not to be familiar with PutriDOS, it was a
> hoax OS created by Thom Digby.  PutriDOS was an actively user-hostile OS that
> was "maintained" by hex patches either from a user group or one of the three
> companies (Putridos, PutridDOS and PutriTech) selling conflicting versions of
> the OS and programs.

The original version was created with a vast series of hex patches glued
to a floppy disk.

{O,o}


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