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From: Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: GNU/Linux is the Empowerment of the PC. So What Do You Do?
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 15:16:26 -0400
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rbowman wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> On Fri, 12 Apr 2024 12:23:37 -0400, DFS wrote:
>
>> It's common knowledge MS used the BSD FOSS TCP/IP code, but they wrote
>> their own brand new implementation 16 frickin' years ago.  That's
>> sixteen.
>
> And winsock.h  still is a little strange. 

All windows headers are bloated monstrosities. Ya better just include the
massive universe of <windows.h> :-D

On the other hand, GNU code is full of IFs ANDs BUTs and MAYBEs.

Jesus the gettext headers and code are ... obtuse.

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