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- From: peter@ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
- Subject: Re: PC-clone UNIX Software Buyer's Guide
- Message-ID: <id.BWFS.OUK@ferranti.com>
- Organization: Xenix Support, FICC
- References: <1hQSr7#4j0mn690sxx39LFgDX47gPx5=esr@snark.thyrsus.comPeter> <id.LQCS.QG4@ferranti.com> <2525@news.cerf.net>
- Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 17:47:32 GMT
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- In article <2525@news.cerf.net> preston@nic.cerf.net (Preston L. Bannister) writes:
- > Peter has a good point about backwards compatibility and support, but
- > as Eric's rhetorical questions suggests, that is not the focus of the FAQ.
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- It should be. Or do you want to buy a new cutting edge system every two years?
- If you do, and can afford that, you can probably afford to ignore Eric's guide
- and just buy one of everything.
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