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Subject: Re: EzBSD aint for me! Was: A breath of fresh air..
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 13:27:06 +0100
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Brandon writes:

> First of all the Mac OS X product would fall
> under the category UNIX ...

No more so than the firmware in my router.

> I also challenge you to tell me that a
> brand new SGI workstation fresh out of
> the box is not a breeze to configure.

I've never used one, so I cannot comment.  How much do these cost, compared
to the average PC?

> One might even say that that concept along
> with a number of other UI devices were stolen
> from SGI by Microsoft for the Windows 95
> product since SGI's Indigo Magic desktop has
> been around longer than the Windows 9x product
> line.

That would be wishful thinking.  I doubt that SGI has ever even appeared on
Microsoft's radar.


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