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In article <724526532snx@crynwr.com> nelson@crynwr.com (Russell Nelson) writes:

   In article <suLVVB13w165w@mantis.co.uk> mathew writes:

      bskendig@netcom.com (Brian Kendig) writes:
      > San Jose Mercury News via First!: Executives of Apple Computer Inc.
      > and Novell Inc. have engaged in top-level discussions in recent weeks
      > about the possibility of rewriting the rules of the computing world by
      > merging their two companies into an $8 billion hardware-software
      > giant.

      That would be interesting.  We'd get to see whether the FSF would stick
      to their professed principles and boycott DOS machines.

   Being ridiculous as usual, eh?  DOS machines do more than run DOS.
   They also run Linux very well.  In fact, Linux runs a LOT faster on a
   DOS machine than DOS does.  Something about using it like a 32-bit
   machine instead of an 8-bit machine.

I think, by definition, a DOS machine runs DOS.  The hardware may also
run Linux, but that's missing the point.  If you run Linux on a PC
clone, it is a Linux machine, not a DOS machine. It is quite possible
to support Linux while boycotting MS-DOS.
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Roland Dreier                                        dreier@math.berkeley.edu