Date: Mon, 25 Aug 1997 18:42:19 -0400 From: Lee Cremeans <lee@wakky.dyn.ml.org> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Since the MicroSloth(tm) jokes have been flowing... Message-ID: <19970825184219.02943@wakky.dyn.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970825175427.1888B-100000@Journey2.mat.net>; from Chuck Robey on Mon, Aug 25, 1997 at 05:56:44PM -0400 References: <19970825211642.11606@grendel.IAEhv.nl> <Pine.BSF.3.96.970825175427.1888B-100000@Journey2.mat.net>
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On Mon, Aug 25, 1997 at 05:56:44PM -0400, Chuck Robey wrote: > This is more than a little irritating. It's nearly impossible nowadays to > buy a PC without contributing to MS, whether you intend to run Windows or > not. They _didn't_ fairly win the market, they _aren't_ fairly keeping > the market, sure they have good tools, because they have outright stolen > what they couldn't buy (see Stacker!). This is why I decided a while back not to buy a whole computer again, to just buy the parts piecemeal. I don't use or like Windoze that much, so why should I have to pay for a copy? -- Lee C. -- Manassas, VA, USA (WakkyMouse on DALnet #watertower) A! JW223 YWD++^i WK+++r P&B++ SL+++^i GDF- B&M KK--i MD+++i P++ I++++ Di $++ E5/10/70/3c/73ac Ee34/1/36 H2 PonPippi Ay77 M | hcremean (at) vt.edu FreeBSD/Linux/Unix hacker...Win95 and M$ evil! (go see www.freebsd.org) My home page: http://wakky.dyn.ml.org/~lee | finger me for geek code
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