Re: A friendly #linux

1998-06-17 Thread sjc
On Wed, Jun 17, 1998 at 11:19:20AM +0100, M.C. Vernon wrote: > Steve, > > > As for me, it is simple. I buy the parts, build my own. I've built my > > own since my first PC was bought, a Hyundai 386sx-16 w/DOS 6.22 on it and > > nothing else. I realized long ago, 9 years now, that the big na

Re: A friendly #linux

1998-06-17 Thread M.C. Vernon
Steve, > As for me, it is simple. I buy the parts, build my own. I've built my > own since my first PC was bought, a Hyundai 386sx-16 w/DOS 6.22 on it and > nothing else. I realized long ago, 9 years now, that the big names also > equate to proprietary configurations, lock you into a single

Re: A friendly #linux

1998-06-17 Thread Steve Lamb
On Wed, 17 Jun 1998 01:02:55 -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: Geez, did it twice. Someone slap me silly./ -- Steve C. Lamb | Opinions expressed by me are not my http://www.calweb.com/~morpheus| employer's. They hired me for my ICQ: 5107343

Re: A friendly #linux

1998-06-17 Thread Steve Lamb
On Tue, 16 Jun 1998 22:45:28 -0700 (PDT), James Blackwell wrote: >> >Oh, I'm sure that they have the motive *currently*, but companies have >> >a very nasty tendancy of not remaining that way for ver long. >> No, individuals do. >Perhaps individuals do, I'm not able to make that judgement. B

Re: A friendly #linux

1998-06-17 Thread Steve Lamb
On Wed, 17 Jun 1998 00:58:32 -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: >Damn, got zapped by the no reply-to again. Geez, then I forwarded it to the wrong list. :/ My apologies for that fubar. -- Steve C. Lamb | Opinions expressed by me are not my http://www.calweb.com/~mo

Re: A friendly #linux

1998-06-17 Thread Steve Lamb
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