Re: Apple?

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From: Eric Bennett
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 1995 20:01

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In article <3vjbtt$acu@dockmaster.phantom.com> wozz@wookie.net (I'm Wozz) writes:

>Eric 

>: False.  Log me into a Sun, and I can crash it with a 4 liner.  I can
>: crash Linux, AIX and OS/2.  All without root privs.

>there's a difference between 'crashing' and making unusable.  I can also 
>drag a unix system to a halt, and it doesn't take 4 lines....

Technically you're quite correct, but from the user's standpoint it doesn't 
much matter what happened because the end result... a locked machine... is the 
same.

-Ericb@psu.edu

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.intel,alt.destroy.microsoft
Subject: Re: Apple?
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 1995 20:01:41 GMT
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