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From: tinguely@plains.NoDak.edu (Mark Tinguely)
Subject: Re: Linux thoroughly insulted by Infoworld!
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Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1995 20:02:50 GMT
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In article <950116203411@lambada> ed.duomo@lambada.oit.unc.edu ("Mr. Ed") writes:
>In the columns section of the Jan 16 Infoworld, there is a column
>highly insulting to linux. In it the writer basically says the
>following:
>
> o linux is really not free
> o linux users are as neurotic as Amiga fans
> o linux is difficult to install (their senior systems analyst
> apparently failed to install it)
> o linux should be called "underware"!
When I read the article I got the impression that the author did not
know what to think of Linux. He did not know what to call it.
It is obvious that they were not Unix-gurus, and for that matter it was very
good to see comments about installation, documentation, etc.
--mark.