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From: tporczyk@netcom.com (Tony Porczyk)
Subject: Re: Linux thoroughly insulted by Infoworld!
Message-ID: <tporczykD2JGLM.DuB@netcom.com>
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References: <950116203411@lambada>
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 07:24:58 GMT
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ed.duomo@lambada.oit.unc.edu ("Mr. Ed") writes:
>In the columns section of the Jan 16 Infoworld, there is a column
> [...]
>He then goes on to refer to linux as underware throughout the column
>-- over ten times. The column is also titled something like "Linux
>should be called underware". Underware what? Hanes? Fruit of the loom?
>BVD? How insulting! What do you think of this?
I haven't read the article, but Infoworld isn't exactly a tech-guru
magazine, more like 'tech news.' I think the line below from your post
summarizes it best:
> o linux is difficult to install (their senior systems analyst
> apparently failed to install it)
Need I say anything more?
t.
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