Re: floppy eject buttons [was: What's a Real Computer?]

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From: Jeff Medcalf (214) 280-5970 IBM ...
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 1995 19:38

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In article <3vcgqa$fko@panix.com>, bwu@panix.com (Bryan Wu) writes:
> In <danpop.806950491@rscernix> Dan.Pop@mail.cern.ch (Dan Pop) writes:
> >One of the primary goals of an OS is (given the right hardware) to
> >protect itself from both silly users and buggy apps.  Today, the PC's
> >and Mac's have the right hardware, yet neither Windows nor MacOS are
> >able to protect themselves against any kind of aggression.
> 
> Sounds like Switzerland. :)

Anyone who thinks Switzerland can't defend itself has never studied
geography, military science or history.  At least one of those has
to be missing to make such a statement.

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From: medcalf@ppc5.svo.dfw.ibm.com (Jeff Medcalf (214) 280-5970 IBM SDO)
Subject: Re: floppy eject buttons [was: What's a Real Computer?]
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