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Article #75611Re: Apple Flies South - Rotten to the Core.
From: Christopher M. Whatley
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 1990 19:28
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 1990 19:28
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arromdee@crabcake.cs.jhu.edu (Kenneth Arromdee) writes: >In article <3916.9006201817@murun.psych.sm.ucl.ac.uk> gnu-misc-discuss@cis.ohio-state.edu writes: >>On UK TV this morning I clearly saw Apple MAC's (or clones??) >>being used in a South African Newspaper office. >>That just about wraps it up for me. >Simple question: would GNU software be similarly usable in South Africa? I doubt that is the point he is making. I'm sure that any South African can use GNU software. The thing he is pointing out is that Apple is selling software to the South Africans which, in my opinion is a very bad thing. The problem is not their using them, just how they got them. -- "I've got good news. The gum you like is going to come back in style." -- Chris Whatley - Research Systems Administrator UT-Austin Mathematics E-mail: chari@math.utexas.edu (NeXT) Ph: (O):512/471-7711 (H):512/499-0475
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,62422fd07999cd24 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1990-06-21 22:08:19 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!fireant.ma.utexas.edu!chari From: chari@math.utexas.edu (Christopher M. Whatley) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: Apple Flies South - Rotten to the Core. Message-ID: <chari.645996536@fireant.ma.utexas.edu> Date: 21 Jun 90 19:28:56 GMT References: <3916.9006201817@murun.psych.sm.ucl.ac.uk> <6494@crabcake> Sender: news@ut-emx.UUCP Distribution: gnu Lines: 22 Posted: Thu Jun 21 20:28:56 1990