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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!news.ucdavis.edu!library.ucla.edu!info.ucla.edu!news.bc.net!felix.junction.net!okjunc.junction.net!michael From: michael@okjunc.junction.net (Michael Dillon) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Ein Volk! Ein Reich! Ein Bill! Date: 18 Dec 1995 05:20:58 GMT Organization: Okanagan Internet Junction, Vernon B.C., Canada Lines: 35 Distribution: comp Message-ID: <4b2tnq$b83@felix.junction.net> References: <489kuu$rbo@pelican.cs.ucla.edu> <4ahtib$ckq@helena.mt.net> <4alpl5$a39@klaava.helsinki.fi> <poulosioDJLrtF.MA1@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: okjunc.junction.net Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.advocacy:30632 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:10658 In article <poulosioDJLrtF.MA1@netcom.com>, Mad Max <poulosio@netcom.com> wrote: > >Linus Torvalds (torvalds@cc.Helsinki.FI) wrote: > >: Hitler, Hitler, HITLER. End of thread. > >To end the thread under the Hitler Convention, it would be better to work >Hitler into the conversation, like a comparison between Bill Gates and >Hitler. Now it's my turn to try. > >Microsoft: The Third Reich of the computer World. Yep it fits. Egomaniacal leader. Goal of world domination (Windows Everywhere). Seems unstoppable at first, but then the Allied forces (SUN, Netscape, Oracle, IBM) attack just at the moment when der MS Fuehrer has his forces spread out so thin all over the map of Europe (MSN) and in Russia (the Internet). So the story is "Napoleon invades Russia!" all over again. 1996 is going to be an INTERESTING year and it will be very interesting to see what happens with the forces of the resistance (Linux, FreeBSD). Ein Volk! Ein Reich! Ein Bill! (english translation: One People! One Empire! One Gate!) You tell me, is that the entrance gate? or the exit? -- Michael Dillon Voice: +1-604-546-8022 Memra Software Inc. Fax: +1-604-542-4130 http://www.memra.com E-mail: michael@memra.com