Re: My ideal solution

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From: J W B Greenwood
Date: Sat, 03 Oct 1998 00:00

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In article <na.d7dc52488e.a50320campbell@argonet.co.uk>, Campbell Wishart
<URL:mailto:campbell@argonet.co.uk> wrote:
> Does anyone know any benevolant millionares out there?
> 
> If so they should buy Phoebe / RiscOS 4 from Acorn.
> 
> Once they owned the rights then the plans to Pheobe should be made public
> and RiscOS should be run in a Gnu / Linux manner. ie source code and OS
> available freely / for nominal sum.
> 
> This could potentially dent Gates 'n' Co.
> 

Takes me back to the days of the Beeb, where the constant moan was having to
pay for software. I fear that if your wish came about we would soon hear the
moaners wanting 'two for the price of one'. 


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brooke@parkroad.u-net.com

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