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From: brenta@gpr08.insa-lyon.fr (Ludovic Brenta)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy,alt.folklore.computers
Subject: Re: Linux thoroughly insulted by Infoworld!
Date: 17 Feb 1995 14:07:46 GMT
Organization: INSA Lyon - Computer Science Dept / France
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References: <950116203411@lambada> <3hg0ei$f96@yama.mcc.ac.uk> <damir-1002952345140001@damir.mindspring.com> <3ho4v4$1p4@yama.mcc.ac.uk> <3hsttm$2ep@sun1.bham.ac.uk>
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In article <3hsttm$2ep@sun1.bham.ac.uk>, cca93013@sun1.bham.ac.uk (RFW Pigott) writes:

> BAN all OS's which require >= 16Meg to run,
>     just think no more Solaris, no more NT, no more OSF/1, no more X,
>     heheh.

	I wholeheartedly agree with you. OSs are supposed to make resources
available to you, not to take them away. Even OS/2 should be trimmed down
to 4 Mb (don't tell me it runs well in 4 Mb, I've tried it.)

								LudoB.