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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:5335 comp.os.linux.misc:35084 comp.os.os2.advocacy:78734 alt.folklore.computers:73115 Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy,alt.folklore.computers Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!convex!insosf1.infonet.net!newshost.marcam.com!news.mathworks.com!uunet!hodes.com!netcomsv!wndrsvr.wwi.com!root From: root@wndrsvr.la.ca.us (Master of Wonder) Subject: Re: Linux thoroughly insulted by Infoworld! Followup-To: /dev/null X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Organization: wndrsvr - Public Access for SoCal 1.310.370.3069 Message-ID: <D3squr.5pM@wndrsvr.la.ca.us> References: <3fv5jm$ie6@plato.simons-rock.edu> <3gdkq2$eu2@acorn.acorn.co.uk> <tgmD35snL.9tn@netcom.com> <3gmlca$i94@manuel.anu.edu.au> <Pine.LNX.3.91.950203195253.336D-100000@crh0083.urh.uiuc.edu> <badger.791863509@phylo> Date: Fri, 10 Feb 1995 18:18:26 GMT Lines: 16 Jonathan Badger (badger@phylo.life.uiuc.edu) wrote: : Coolness Incarnate <coolness@crh0083.urh.uiuc.edu> writes: : >I keep seeing people stand up for the Lada, doesn't anyone care about the : >Thunderbird? Granted today they are just huge family cars, but they once : >were cool cars. (No parallels to DOS please.) DOS isn't really that : >bad. I run LINUX almost exclusively when I'm at school, but if I didn't : >have an a free ethernet connection, I wouldn't run it, for the simple : >reason, NO APPS. : Um... I think this whole car thread is a misunderstanding. The : original poster was comparing DOS to Thunderbird, not : Thunderbirds. Thunderbird, if you don't know, is a fortified wine : favored by alcoholics, due to its cheap price. Yes but not nearly as (*cough*) good as NightTrain. Hic :) Goodnight!