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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:5302 comp.os.linux.misc:34998 comp.os.os2.advocacy:78492 alt.folklore.computers:72990 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!news.cs.indiana.edu!nstn.ns.ca!ac.dal.ca!dunham2 From: dunham2@ac.dal.ca Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Linux thoroughly insulted by Infoworld! Message-ID: <1995Feb8.065834.33729@ac.dal.ca> Date: 8 Feb 95 06:58:34 -0400 References: <3fv5jm$ie6@plato.simons-rock.edu> <3gdkq2$eu2@acorn.acorn.co.uk> <tgmD35snL.9tn@netcom.com> Followup-To: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy,alt.folklore.computers Organization: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Lines: 23 In article <tgmD35snL.9tn@netcom.com>, tgm@netcom.com (Thomas G. McWilliams) writes: > Finally a breath of truth. The Lada is one of the best examples of > Soviet engineering. When working above the arctic circle I can think > of no finer automobile. The damn thing starts and runs in any weather. > When it comes to cold weather automobiles and hydro-electric power, > give me Soviet technology any day of the week. There is something > about northern engineering which defines the word "robust". Perhaps > operating systems count as well. > Hmmm..... Now just think of what might have developed if OS/2 had been created by a team based in Rankin Inlet. Maybe Mr. Bill should move the Seattle Campus there. Certainly there would be little goofing off on the lawn this time of year. But I bet you can't get pizza delivered in under 2 weeks. (2 points if you can find Rankin Inlet) Alan Hurshman