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From: les@MCS.COM (Leslie Mikesell)
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Subject: Re: Why to not buy Matrox Millennium
Date: 7 Aug 1996 20:54:33 -0500
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In article <32093E50.39EB@aloha.net>, DuckHunter  <smpc@aloha.net> wrote:
>Yes, you could buy a commercial server, but the fact remains that when
>you buy a piece of hardware, you don't expect to have to shell out $100
>just to use it!

Wow, has Linux been around so long that it has altered people's expectations
completely?  

Les Mikesell
  les@mcs.com