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- From: jc@raven.bu.edu (James F. Cameron)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
- Subject: Re: IS UNIX DEAD?
- Message-ID: <JC.92Nov7141053@condor.bu.edu>
- Date: 7 Nov 92 19:10:53 GMT
- References: <1992Oct28.175009.7021@Celestial.COM> <BwxMKB.5Dp@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu>
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- Organization: What do you mean 'That *can't* be done????'
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- In-reply-to: peter@global.hacktic.nl's message of 6 Nov 92 12:15:57 GMT
-
- >>>>> "Peter" == Peter Busser <peter@global.hacktic.nl> writes:
-
- Peter> jc@raven.bu.edu (James F. Cameron) writes:
-
- >the things you want, the system would need to be pretty big. I can't
- >*stand* having to install software on a PC which requires many
- >floppies.
-
- Peter> Others can't stand to buy a CD-ROM device just to install an
- Peter> operating system.
-
- Well, some of can't stand to have to buy a floppy drive to install an
- OS. *8-) Seriously, that is not a good reason. The drives are fairly
- cheap, can be used for MANY, MANY different applications, and can even
- play some tunes for you. (* grin *)
-
- James
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- -- James Cameron (jc@raven.bu.edu) (617) 353-2879
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