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- Subject: Re: Linux vs. Win95...Your grammar sucks, Smarty.
- Date: Sun, 07 Apr 1996 15:42:07 GMT
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- On Sat, 06 Apr 1996 14:42:08 GMT, mhesket@jax-inter.net (Mitchell Hesket) wrote:
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- >rjn@pobox.com (Fidelio) 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
- >
- >
- USA males sure are stupid
-