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Re: Suggestions please - Office for Linux

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From: Brian Mueller
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 00:00
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Mark Lehrer wrote:

>If we don't get support of new hardware, it will be more and more
>difficult to find a Linux-compatible computer.  One of the reasons I
>used Linux in the first place is because it had support for all of my
>hardware.

I agree. What we need is support for plug and play. You will probably
say Plug and Play sucks, but it works fine on my win 95 installation.
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From: mulder78@ix.netcom.com (Brian Mueller)
Subject: Re: Suggestions please - Office for Linux
Date: 1997/08/18
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