Re: JUST REMEMBER WHY WINDOWS WAS CREATED!!!!!!!!!

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From: Lars Marowsky-Bree
Date: Sat, 02 Sep 1995 21:14

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Dave Glue (daveacg@interlog.com) wrote:

> >On the other hand I can't see any reason for PC users 
> >to run W95 when you can run Linux or Warp.
> Duh.  Software support?

Quoting the Jargon file:

   support n. <P> After-sale handholding; something many software vendors
   promise but few deliver. To hackers, most support people are useless
   -- because by the time a hacker calls support he or she will usually
   know the software and the relevant manuals better than the support
   people (sadly, this is not a joke or exaggeration). A hacker's idea of
   `support' is a tête-`a-tête with the software's designer.

This basically sums it up -- if you are really into computers and want to
make them fly, run OS/2, or better, Linux. If you are Joe Sixpack, run Win
95, or better, buy Caldera Desktop or pay a student to support your Linux
box. Students are cheap, and the support is much better than MS.


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From: lmb@pointer.in-minden.de (Lars Marowsky-Bree)
Subject: Re: JUST REMEMBER WHY WINDOWS WAS CREATED!!!!!!!!!
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