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Re: Gotta love Oracle...
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Date: 
Thu, 25 Oct 2001 05:46:12 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Matthew Gerber writes:
> 
> > Matt
> > (Who once again ISN'T drawn into the Macintosh vs. Windows debate, being
> > comfortably secure in the superiority of his computing platform of
> > choice...although, speaking of cosmology, how many NASA scientists have you
> > ever heard of fighting to keep Windows boxes?)
> 
> You forget. I was *AT* NASA (posted about how I got to see the moonrocks up
> close and the ACRV and stuff). Some of those guys are fighting to keep ANY
> computer. NASA is run on a shoestring. It's amazing how much they manage to
> achieve with so little.

Like this:

http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/10/23/mars.odyssey.arrives/index.html

ROSCO



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  Re: Gotta love Oracle...
 
(...) You forget. I was *AT* NASA (posted about how I got to see the moonrocks up close and the ACRV and stuff). Some of those guys are fighting to keep ANY computer. NASA is run on a shoestring. It's amazing how much they manage to achieve with so (...) (25 years ago, 25-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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