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Xref: sserve comp.sys.powerpc:31361 comp.sys.intel:28392 comp.os.misc:3676 comp.unix.bsd:15848 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:7990 comp.unix.sys5.r4:9035 comp.unix.misc:15441 comp.os.linux.development:22174 comp.os.linux.misc:32952 comp.os.linux.misc:32953 comp.os.386bsd.development:2991 comp.os.386bsd.misc:4715 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!otis.apana.org.au!serval.net.wsu.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!oracle.pnl.gov!osi-east2.es.net!lll-winken.llnl.gov!noc.near.net!paperboy.wellfleet.com!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!news.duke.edu!eff!news.umbc.edu!haven.umd.edu!umd5.umd.edu!not-for-mail From: brewer@hamlet.umd.edu (Peter Brewer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.sys.intel,comp.os.misc,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.sys5.r4,comp.unix.misc,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: Interested in PowerPC for Linux / FreeBSD / NetBSD? Date: 4 Jan 1995 17:40:18 -0500 Organization: University of Maryland, College Park Lines: 21 Message-ID: <3ef84i$8oo@hamlet.umd.edu> References: <3cilp3$143@news-2.csn.net> <3ddtrp$4bl@newsflash.concordia.ca> <MICHAELV.94Dec27212938@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> <dyue.788655868@femto> NNTP-Posting-Host: hamlet.umd.edu In article <dyue.788655868@femto>, Dongxiao Yue <dyue@femto.cs.umn.edu> wrote: >In <MICHAELV.94Dec27212938@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com (Michael L. VanLoon) writes: > >>In article <3ddtrp$4bl@newsflash.concordia.ca> ct_orega@ECE.Concordia.CA (Chris O'Regan) writes: > >> Has anyone noticed that if you replace each letter in WNT with the letter >> preceding it in the alphabet, you'll end up with VMS? :-) > >>Has anyone noticed that this joke is about three years old? > > Not a joke, it is truth. > Ever used VMS? The guy who led the Windows NT project also was one of the developers of VMS. I could also ask what you get when you reverse A/UX, Apple's Unix? Why it would be XUxA or 'shoosha' the kids TV show host and Brazilian soft porn star. :-) -- Peter Brewer brewer@umd5.umd.edu