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From: peter@bonkers.taronga.com (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: Linux thoroughly insulted by Infoworld!
Organization: Taronga Park BBS
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References: <950116203411@lambada> <D2L1xn.xy@denix.elk.miles.com> <3fk3lk$r6k@news.panix.com> <D2pJuo.EIo@madge1.demon.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 1995 21:40:17 GMT
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In article <D2pJuo.EIo@madge1.demon.co.uk>,
Mike Moreton <mmoreton@madge1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>Just as a matter of interest, are we talking about the genuine Budweiser,
>brewed in Budweis in the Check Republic, or the cheap low quality
>rip-off copy from the US?

The latter.

MS-DOS is a cheap low-quality rip-off of a cheap low-quality rip-off of
a decent if unexciting real-time operating system made by Digital.