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- From: culter@convex.com (Brad Culter)
- Newsgroups: comp.arch
- Subject: Re: What's in a name?
- Summary: citation required
- Message-ID: <1992Jul24.164544.26408@news.eng.convex.com>
- Date: 24 Jul 92 16:45:44 GMT
- References: <1992Jul17.220112.20995@microsoft.com> <1992Jul20.092822.7666@spool.cs.wisc.edu> <1992Jul21.040216.13502@primerd.prime.com>
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- In article <1992Jul21.040216.13502@primerd.prime.com> danw@hobbes.prime.com (Dan Westerberg) writes:
- >In article <1992Jul20.092822.7666@spool.cs.wisc.edu>, mfrank@wilma.cs.wisc.edu
- >(Matt Frank) writes:
- >>
- >> Backwards compatability has always been a particular pet peeve of mine, so I
- >> feel the need to add my two cents worth. I have two specific problems.
-
- I can't recall where I read the following, perhaps it was a signature
- line in a note in this group? I don't recall the exact wording
- but it's relavent to the point that Mr. Westerberg makes.
-
- "The reason God was able to create the entire universe in 6 days
- was because He had no installed base."
-
-
- Does anyone know who said this first?
-
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- Brad Culter
-