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Subject: Re: Linux thoroughly insulted by Infoworld!
Message-ID: <ABEL.95Feb15144239@wisdom.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il>
From: abel@wisdom.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il (Belikoff Alexander)
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 12:42:38 GMT
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In-Reply-To: lstowell@pyrnova.mis.pyramid.com's message of 7 Feb 1995 17:43:31 -0800
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In article <3h97k3$6m2@pyrnova.mis.pyramid.com> lstowell@pyrnova.mis.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell) writes:
In article <5fKBnEpjcsB@khms.westfalen.de> kai@khms.westfalen.de (Kai Henningsen) writes:
>
"other">> or even Trabant?
>> (less powerful than the average lawnmower, with a 2-stroke engine
>> and even more legendary for unreliability than the Lada. Hell the Lada
>> is a Rolls Royce compared to the Trabbie.)
>
>You mean those things (can you really call them cars?) that, after an
>accident, are reduced to a heap of plastic rubble (with sharp edges)? :-)
Now Now. Remember your 'green' philosophy. The Trabant was a
very remarkable device, being pretty much an entirely biodegradable
automobile.
Well, guys, don't flame Lada. It was a decent car of 70s made of
metal, not paper, like Trabant. :-)
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abel
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