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From: c23peg@eng.delcoelect.com (Perry Grieb)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Linux or FreeBSD?
Date: 8 Apr 1996 14:45:04 GMT
Organization: Delco Electronics Corp.
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In article <4jujkt$rqc@news2.cais.com>, mcgraw@cais.cais.com (Michael Curry) writes:
|> Christopher (campagna@marple.umd.edu) wrote:
|> 
|> : Please foreward all flames to bill.clinton@whitehouse.com  :)
|> 
|> : If you are brand spanking new to using UNIX and want to play a little bit 
|> : and get your feet wet, I'd say go with Linux.  I only say this because it 
|> : has some nice little features, such as color coded filenames, ability to 
|> : run DOS programs (some) and some other toys that are neat.
|> 
|> WHAT??????!!!!!  COLOR-CODED FILENAMES???!!!  IN UNIX!!!???  GET THEE 
|> BEHIND ME, SATAN!!!!  EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT IT'S COGNITIVELY COUNTER 
|> REACTIVE AND GOES DIRECTLY AGAINST THE ELECTRON-SPIN THEORY!! AUGH!!!
|> 
|> Sorry. Gee, I don't know what came over me.  Oh, well.
|> 

Next thing you know there will be a GUI...  That will make
color coded filenames look tame.

-- 

Perry Grieb
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