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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:4967 comp.os.linux.misc:33755 comp.os.os2.advocacy:75155 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!hpg30a.csc.cuhk.hk!news.hk.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news.moneng.mei.com!uwm.edu!lll-winken.llnl.gov!ames!gaia.arc.nasa.gov!josco From: josco@gaia.arc.nasa.gov (Joseph Coughlan) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy Subject: Re: Linux thoroughly insulted by Infoworld! Date: 19 Jan 1995 19:35:40 GMT Organization: NASA Ames Research Center - SGE Lines: 15 Message-ID: <3fmeuc$ra9@news.arc.nasa.gov> References: <3flshi$idi$1@mhade.production.compuserve.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: gaia.arc.nasa.gov In article <3flshi$idi$1@mhade.production.compuserve.com> Peter Coffee AC6EN <72631.113@CompuServe.COM> writes: > >>> If I'm a trade rag, what's in Linux for me? > >Gee, I guess PC Week wasn't sophisticated enough to think that through. >We just tried it, found it useful, and wrote several items on it during >1994 that recommended it to readers who need what it does. And we didn't >call it names, either. In all fairness the LINUX article was not a review. The guy who wrote it usually puts comical poems and songs in his columns and freely comments on many things. He's no Peter Coffee. -- "What do you want to wait for today?" Replies are welcome at jcoughlan@gaia.arc.nasa.gov