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From: Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us>
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Subject: Re: Recommended Mini-PCs: ALL Windows and Mac, ZERO Linux
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Joel wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

> DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> wrote:
>
>>...as it ever was and ever will be.
>>
>>The word "Linux" is the kiss of death for retail computers.
>>
>>"Linux" in the specs = automatic rejection by shoppers.
>>
>>"GNU/Linux" is even worse; it conjures images of idiots dancing around 
>>shamelessly in public in ugly antelope-head costumes tossing empty boxes 
>>of Windows into a big trash can.

:-D

What image does "Micro Soft" conjure?  :-D

>> <nsip>
>>
>
> A lot of Winblows licenses are over- or co-written with Linux, I would
> buy 11 Home on an ARM laptop and switch it to Linux.

DFS is a trolling clown. A great source of laffs!

-- 
<jgoerzen> stu: ahh that machine.  Don't you think that something named
           stallman deserves to be an Alpha? :-)
<stu> jgoerzen: no, actually, I'd prolly be more inclined to name a 386
      with 4 megs of ram and a 40 meg hard drive stallman.
<stu> with a big fat case that makes tons of noise and rattles the floor
* Knghtbrd falls to the floor holding his sides laughing
<stu> and..
<stu> double-height hard drive