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From: peter@bonkers.taronga.com (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: LINUX SUCKS!!!!
Organization: Taronga Park BBS
Message-ID: <CyD8BK.ELL@bonkers.taronga.com>
References: <085334Z20101994@anon.penet.fi> <38nae2$kui@ringer.cs.utsa.edu> <CyC5GA.LzE@bonkers.taronga.com> <JKH.94Oct27114615@freefall.cdrom.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 1994 04:26:08 GMT
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In article <JKH.94Oct27114615@freefall.cdrom.com>,
Jordan K. Hubbard <jkh@freefall.cdrom.com> wrote:
>In article <CyC5GA.LzE@bonkers.taronga.com> peter@bonkers.taronga.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
>   You're using an industry that's embracing NT close to its mercenary little
>   heart as indicative of anything other than where ad dollars have been handed
>   it (counting bribes to trade magazines, of course)?

>Huh?  I wasn't aware that *anyone* was embracing NT close to their
>hearts, mercenary or otherwise!

Must be reading different trade magazines. There's not a lot of reports of
people using it successfully, but it's sure getting a lot of puff pieces
thrown its way.

>It's been an utter commercial failure
>so far.

It's doing better than Windows was at the same stage.