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Xref: sserve alt.folklore.computers:75039 comp.os.386bsd.misc:5589 comp.os.linux.misc:36403 comp.os.os2.advocacy:82709 Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!sgiblab!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!xlink.net!news.ppp.de!news.Hanse.DE!wolfhh!wombat.hanse.de!root From: root@wombat.hanse.de (Bernd "Bernie" Meyer) Subject: Re: Linux thoroughly insulted by Infoworld! Organization: Private uucp site lost in the voids of the black hole Germany is in the Internet Message-ID: <D4MAoE.G1A@wombat.hanse.de> References: <950116203411@lambada> <3fv5jm$ie6@plato.simons-rock.edu> <Pine.SOL.3.91.950216133112.16710E-100000@ion1> <vttoth.529.0ACD9B80@vttoth.com> <1995Feb22.111443.12823@Princeton.EDU> Date: Mon, 27 Feb 1995 17:17:00 GMT Lines: 18 adam@tucson.princeton.edu (Adam Justin Thornton) writes: >When I was in Berlin in '92. apparently the going price for a Trabi was >about 200DM (for one running, if not in (relatively) tip-top shape). I and >my friend with whom I was travelling nearly bought one just so that we >could drive a truly disposable car and push it off a cliff or something >when we were done with it, and then tell the story. Please excuse this rather unusual request, but please stop making fun of a car that for about 20 million people was their little bit of liberty and flexibility. A Trabant may not be the fastest, safest or best looking car, but it was the best you could get, and it was a very valued possesion. Also, for quite a number of Germans it is still the only car they can afford (and prices have gone up again), so ridiculing it in this manner is likely to hurt feelings. Bernie