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Re: off subject,sorry, let the penguine kick bills #ss

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From: Dave M.
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 17:23
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Eric Richards wrote:

> clemm wrote:
>
> > I started with win 3.0 on a 286. I am currently running 2 complete (paid
> > for) versions of win98, on 2 seperate AMD K6ii 3d @ 500Hz computers. The
> > point is I built these machines 1 piece at a time. From the 286 to current,
> > I have owned several versions of windows. I have had countless harddrives
> > and computer configurations. I also like to run programs that arnt from
> > microsoft and dont have sighned code.
> > Microsoft has gone way too far this time. If its microsoft or nothing, ill
> > take nothing, ( or at least a basicly free OS.) (I have 2 paid for copies of
> > Linux)!!!
> >  I say its time to show "our" teeth and rally a full boycott. Lets see how
> > Bill likes 0 sales.
> > Join a news group , pass the word, we must defeat Bill and his whistler!!!
>
> Thats cool but you have to take in acount that there are so many people out
> there that depend on winblows
> do to lack of computer knoledge. I would that about 70% of the people online
> today  including all 100% of the AOL uers don't know jack shit when it comes to
> computers. There for Bill Gates is still going to making billions in the years
> to come.
>
> LINUX rules.
>
>                     Yankee_420

Piont well made.  Most of the users out there are like I use to be -- point, click
and drool.  While linux is frustrating to start to learn it can do anything you
want and more and more compnaies are staring to learn this.  There are several in
my area that use linux only and it is growing.
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