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- From: enigma@SEDS.LPL.Arizona.EDU (Andrew Tubbiolo)
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- Subject: Re: Linux vs. Win95
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- Date: 6 Apr 1996 19:00:12 GMT
- Organization: The University of Arizona
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- Fidelio (rjn@pobox.com) wrote:
- : ecf_stbo@jhuvms.hcf.jhu.edu (Old-Fashioned Staffordshire Plate...) writes:
-
- : >In article <4jp54b$ru6@digital.netvoyage.net>, jjs@digital.netvoyage.net (Joe Sloan) writes...
- : ->But I like the direction Linux is taking much more than where windows
- : ->nt seems headed. Openness and interoperbility vs proprietary, closed
- : ->standards and an incessant push to eliminate choice for the customer.
-
- : >Seems headed! Seems headed? Where have you BEEN the last ten years?
-
- : Neither of those two exist for more than 5 years, so the point is
- : moot. 10 years ago a UNIX desktop system was just a dream - it was
- : serial terminals connected to a central big iron all the way.
- : X on a desktop UNIX workstation was just a dream back then. Dialup
- : networking via SLIP etc. wasn't invented in 1986 yet.
-
- : In those 10 years technology has progressed a lot, unfortunately
- : human intelligence of the average USA male seems to stay halted at
- : a prehistorically low level. Most are afraid to use words of 3 syllables
- : or sentences longer than 10 words. It's a real wonder to me those apes
- : run the computer industry !!
-
- : R
- : --
- : ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~
- : Rob J. Nauta Linux: putting power in the wrong hands
- : rjn@pobox.com
-
- WEEEELLLL.....
-
- I don't know about that...My old Sun 360 was a 68020 machine that
- sat on my desk. It had a full Unix on it. That was in '87. As for us being
- apes....well maybe. However if we are apes and we controll so many
- industries, and global politics, what does that make you? Face it the
- U.S. dominates only because the wold is MORE screwed up than the U.S.. We
- just don't cover it up.
-
- Linux = High quality Unix for the masses!
-
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