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From: dennisf@denix.elk.miles.com (Dennis Flaherty)
Subject: Re: Linux thoroughly insulted by Infoworld!
References: <950116203411@lambada> <3fgihv$ob4@dagny.galt.com> <3fgoka$irk@kirk.ee.mcgill.ca>
Organization: Flaherty Nanobreweries, Ales Division
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 1995 04:03:22 GMT
Message-ID: <D2L1xn.xy@denix.elk.miles.com>
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In article <3fgoka$irk@kirk.ee.mcgill.ca>,
Eric Masson <ericm@kirk.ee.mcgill.ca> wrote:
>
> If you want widespread arrogance then go and look at DOS users. They
> were the ones chanting "who needs multitasking?", "who needs color?", etc.
> when their OS did not provide such features. It is so widespread that
> most of the PC industry's magazines have become [u]terily subjective.
> .... DOS finds its strength
> in numbers. If more people would have jumped off the PC bandwagon for the
> more evolved OS then I am convinced that would be using superior products
> today. DOS in my view is equivalent to the middle ages in Europe: it kept
> us in the darkness.
> ....
> With PC and Mac users they rarely step on the other side to see the
> difference.
This is why I call MS-DOS the "Budweiser of operating systems"! :-)
(OS/2 is more sophisticated, but well-known, like a microbrew.
Linux is definately homebrew!)
--
Dennis Flaherty dennisf@denix.elk.miles.com
Oatmeal Stout: It's the Right Thing to Drink!