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From: alex@pc.cc.cmu.edu (alex wetmore)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux thoroughly insulted by Infoworld!
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Date: 17 Jan 1995 14:00:31 GMT
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>   o linux is really not free

It isn't free to companies if they need professional level support.  
Infoworld is aimed at companies, not your average hacker...

>   o linux users are as neurotic as Amiga fans

I'd agree with this.  Like Amiga users there are some Linux users who are
so excited about Linux for some reason that they fail to see anything
else in the world.  They tend to say that Linux is the solution to everything
when it really isn't the solution to a lot of things.  Amiga users
tend to be exactly the same way.

alex