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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:5308 comp.os.linux.misc:35028 comp.os.os2.advocacy:78556 alt.folklore.computers:73019 Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy,alt.folklore.computers Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!news.uh.edu!uuneo.neosoft.com!bonkers.taronga.com!peter From: peter@bonkers.taronga.com (Peter da Silva) Subject: Re: Linux thoroughly insulted by Infoworld! Organization: Taronga Park BBS Message-ID: <D3sEC6.8Gt@bonkers.taronga.com> References: <950116203411@lambada> <3g862c$3mu@supreme.pcug.org.au> <D3Mvy7.1Kq@csc.liv.ac.uk> <3heh7u$scl@umbc8.umbc.edu> Date: Fri, 10 Feb 1995 13:48:06 GMT Lines: 9 In article <3heh7u$scl@umbc8.umbc.edu>, R. D. Davis <rdavis4@umbc.edu> wrote: >Better yet, why not call it the Japanese car of operating systems; >like MS-DOS, it's over priced, not only is it easily breakable, but >it's mostly broken when new, it succeeded only because of slick >marketing tactics and gullible consumers, has no real substance, is >flimsy, each version doesn't last long, etc. Sounds like a Japanese >car to me... the only difference is it doesn't rust. s/japanese/american/g