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Subject: Re: Sycamora Tree: "Inform is outdated"
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In article <emshort-0405012000320001@user-2inik44.dialup.mindspring.com>,
Emily Short <emshort@mindspring.com> wrote:

>It may be kind of beating a dead horse to say that Sycamora was (wait, let
>me invoke the Muse of Mangled Metaphors) barking up the wrong tree.

You know, you can lead a horse to water, but you can't teach an old dog
to make a silk purse out of a pig in a poke.

-- A., ducking and running.

