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Subject:	Re: Be afraid...be VERY afraid...
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.fun
Date:	Wed, 22 Aug 2001 06:05:30 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Matthew Gerber writes: > I don't know if this is where we are at (well, Hoppy might be there, > but...)...I really didn't post this to start a Mac/Win war...I try to avoid > them if I can...but the little geek voice in me said "Go on! Post it! It's > funny, AND you are actually poking fun at Apple...everyone will get that, > right?" Stupid little geek voice. I'm just taking it as a joke. BUT... given that UNIX exists, a Mac/Win war is kind of like two tribes of ants fighting over the picnic basket scraps. Sooner or later the real power (UNIX) is going to go home and have a real dinner, no matter whether the MacAnts or the WinAnts win the "war". ++Lar

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		Re: Be afraid...be VERY afraid...
(...) Eh! Now that MacOS X is esentially just another Unix/Linux flavor, I think the overall "war" is moot anyway. MS will catch-up/on sooner or later, and join the bandwagon, too...you'll see. I'll tell you what, though...as an end user who relies (...) (25 years ago, 22-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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		Re: Be afraid...be VERY afraid...
(...) Umm...O.K.? I guess? Err...huh? (...) GIGGLE...you said kerfluffage... (I searched, this is officially the first time "kerfluffage" has been used on LUGNET...handshakes and backslaps all around...congrat's Larry!) I don't know if this is (...) (25 years ago, 22-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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