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- Subject: Re: Linux vs. Win95... I don't shave my armpits
- Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1996 16:49:18 GMT
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- On 12 Apr 1996 08:04:35 GMT, fidelio@pobox.com (Fidelio) wrote:
-
- >Europeans are bitchin' and moanin' <shutup@al.ready> writes:
- >
- >
- >>europeans are always on vacation. That's why they will never be a
- >>technical lead for anything. Plus they don't even shave their armpits.
- >
- >Well hell no. In Europe women think chesthair is cool. In the USA women
- >want the opposite (maybe because most american men are wimps), so men
- >there shave their armpits and chest, and rub themselves with babyoil
- >daily ! Talk about disgusting...
- >
-
- That's ridiculous, I've been in America for over 24 years (I'm from
- Greece originally) and I've never seen a man who saves his armpits and
- chest. I think your problem might be watching too many Hollywood B
- movies.
-
-
-
- >>If Europeans are able to develop technically superior products, why
- >>aren't they able to market them?
- >
- >Philips, a Dutch (hence European) company, developed the Compact Disc,
- >CD-ROM and other products, are you saying you think this product isn't
- >a success ? It sure is superior to vinyl LP's and floppy disks.
- >
-
- You do have a point there, many high tech developments were European,
- especially in the automotive field, the problem is once they make
- something they have no clue how to market it, Japanese and Americans
- excel in both development and marketing.
-
- >R
- >--
- > -=*=- |"It is better to have loved and lost than never to have
- > Rob J. Nauta | loved at all"
- > rjn@pobox.com |"LINUX: putting power in the wrong hands"
- > -=*=- |
-
- Jim
-