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From: rochogb@eng.auburn.edu (Gregor B Rochow)
Subject: Re: Linux thoroughly insulted by Infoworld!
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Date: Fri, 17 Feb 1995 19:41:09 GMT
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In article <ABEL.95Feb15144239@wisdom.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il>, abel@wisdom.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il (Belikoff Alexander) writes:
>
>In article <3h97k3$6m2@pyrnova.mis.pyramid.com> lstowell@pyrnova.mis.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell) writes:
>
>   In article <5fKBnEpjcsB@khms.westfalen.de> kai@khms.westfalen.de (Kai Henningsen) writes:
>   >
>   "other">> or even Trabant?
>   >> (less powerful than the average lawnmower, with a 2-stroke engine
>   >> and even more legendary for unreliability than the Lada.  Hell the Lada
>   >> is a Rolls Royce compared to the Trabbie.)
>   >
>   >You mean those things (can you really call them cars?) that, after an
>   >accident, are reduced to a heap of plastic rubble (with sharp edges)? :-)
>
>      Now Now.  Remember your 'green' philosophy.  The Trabant was a
>      very remarkable device, being pretty much an entirely biodegradable
>      automobile.

Far from it, the "Duroplast" couldn't even be recycled.


>
>
>Well, guys, don't flame Lada. It was a decent car of 70s made of
>metal, not paper, like Trabant.  :-)
>
Yeah, they also called the Trabant "Rennpappe" (racing cardboard)