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From: bnelson@netcom.com (Bob Nelson)
Subject: Re: Historic Opportunity facing Free Unix (was Re: The Lai/Baker paper, benchmarks, and the world of free UNIX)
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Date: Sun, 21 Apr 1996 00:34:05 GMT
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On 17 Apr 1996 14:07:53 GMT, Russell Nelson wrote:
>> I was bashing Win95 to a friend who is a music teacher, and
>> who bought a Win95 box. She said, in a somewhat frustrated tone of
>> voice, "Well what alternative do we have??" as if there WAS none.
>> THAT is why we must win the desktop. I don't mind if Microsoft wins
>> because people have evaluated Win95 against Linux and make a conscious
>> choice to use it. But I want them to know that they have a choice,
>> and to make it.
In this particular case, since I presume you made your friend aware of
linnucks, is is correct to presume that she opted for it over Windows
95? If not, why not?
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