Re: Microsoft's Linux enquiry

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From: Robin
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 00:00

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On Fri, 13 Aug 1999 18:43:50 +0200, leisi@gmx.ch (Matthias Leisi)
wrote:

>Marc SCHAEFER wrote in ch.comp.os.linux:
>
>>Linux is not a Microsoft product, until further notice.
>
>Just read somewhere in de-Newsgroups: linux.de received an email 
>from a Linux-Newuser stating that he will sue the german 
>subsidiary of the Linux company because Excel does not run on 
>Linux.
>
>Makes me think,
>Matthias
>-- 
Well, there is a little joke about this:
On some M$ products, it states something like "use m$ windowz 95 or
better". Question: Well why doesn't it run on linux???

not to be funny, but it is a well worthy question...

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Date: 1999/08/13
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