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- From: Chris Peikert <cpeikert@kamsc.seds.org>
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Pissed off at Microsoft.
- Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 18:15:52 -0500
- Organization: Kalamazoo Area Math & Science Center
- Message-ID: <310C03A8.7C99@kamsc.seds.org>
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- Dave Steffen wrote:
- >
- > Rich (eclipse@pacific.net) wrote:
- > > My Intention is for it to be free for the first years release. If you are
- > > interested please email me with your area of expertise, experience, and a
- > > statement that you are in no way affiliated with Microsoft.
- >
- > Isn't that more-or-less what Linux is? That, plus the GNU
- > tools, apparently make a great system. (I don't use Linux, but I use a
- > lot of GNU stuff on my workstation.)
-
- Hmm, wonderful observation! I can't tell if the other posts in this
- thread are satirical or not, because every "requested feature" so far is
- included, more or less, free in Linux (except for DOS, Win3.1, Win95,
- OS/2, etc. support). But we can't have everything.
-
- ----------------------------------------
- Of all the people I know,
- you're one of them.
- Chris Peikert cpeikert@kamsc.seds.org
- http://www.kamsc.k12.mi.us/sp96/cpeikert
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