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Article #54997Re: Suggestions please - Office for Linux
From: Mike Holland
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 00:00
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 00:00
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Brian MοΏ½ller wrote: > Why can't Linux be an OS that > competes with Windows, providing users with a choice? They exist for different reasons. MS_Windows is to make money. Linux's purpose is to be a good operating system for those who make it. "by programmers, for programmers" > ps how cold is it in Austrailia when you're reading this? It's 82 F > (about 20 centigrade/celsius) here in California. I hear that in > Austailia it's winter. Yep. We're in the southern hemisphere. Aus is a similar size to the US (minus alaska), so the climate varies. In Perth it has been the coldest winter on record, with temperatures nearuing zero (freezing). Isnt 20 deg. awfully cool for California in Summer? Hang on .... (82-32)*5/9= 28 degrees. -- Mike Holland <mike@golden.wattle.id.au> Perth, Australia. Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana. --- PGP ID 8B3D0765. FP: 30 07 BF 6C 9B 45 E8 C8 EA 30 4F 01 DC A2 91 88
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: faa64,42462d786437a1a1 X-Google-Attributes: gidfaa64,public X-Google-Thread: 102983,42462d786437a1a1 X-Google-Attributes: gid102983,public X-Google-Thread: fcfb9,42462d786437a1a1 X-Google-Attributes: gidfcfb9,public X-Google-Thread: f4bda,42462d786437a1a1 X-Google-Attributes: gidf4bda,public From: Mike Holland <news@golden.wattle.id.au> Subject: Re: Suggestions please - Office for Linux Date: 1997/08/18 Message-ID: <33F8708E.C19886F6@golden.wattle.id.au> X-Deja-AN: 265721836 References: <rgw-ya023080002907971402460001@newshost.unimelb.edu.au> <33EAC7FE.8D8D2C2C@syd.net.au> <slrn5uts20.ta3.mjr@laulujoutsen.pc.helsinki.fi> <4u7mdlwgn3.fsf@schroedinger.adelaide.maptek.com.au> <33f79556.22571665@nntp.ix.netcom.com> To: mulder78@ix.netcom.com Organization: Golden Wattle Sheep Station Newsgroups: aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.x