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Xref: sserve alt.folklore.computers:73396 comp.os.386bsd.misc:5432 comp.os.linux.misc:35411 comp.os.os2.advocacy:79627 Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!gmi!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!hookup!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!darwin.sura.net!news.duc.auburn.edu!usenet From: rochogb@eng.auburn.edu (Gregor B Rochow) Subject: Re: Linux thoroughly insulted by Infoworld! Message-ID: <D45tCL.HMr@mail.auburn.edu> Sender: usenet@mail.auburn.edu (Usenet Administrator) Nntp-Posting-Host: hellcat.eng.auburn.edu Reply-To: rochogb@eng.auburn.edu Organization: Auburn University College of Engineering References: <ABEL.95Feb15144239@wisdom.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il> Date: Fri, 17 Feb 1995 19:41:09 GMT Lines: 28 In article <ABEL.95Feb15144239@wisdom.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il>, abel@wisdom.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il (Belikoff Alexander) writes: > >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. Far from it, the "Duroplast" couldn't even be recycled. > > >Well, guys, don't flame Lada. It was a decent car of 70s made of >metal, not paper, like Trabant. :-) > Yeah, they also called the Trabant "Rennpappe" (racing cardboard)