On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, Rik van Riel wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH wrote:
> > On 06/11/00 23:02:55 -0400 Rick Hohensee <humbubba@smarty.smart.net> wrote:
> > +-----
> > | "So far, Linux doesn't have a lot of traction on the client
> > | [Microsoft-ese for desktop computers], except in some university
> > | environments."
> > +--->8
> >
> > Heh. We *are* pissing them off. Good. :)
>
> It must be worrying for MS how much Linux has increased in
> popularity. I believe we've gone from "Linux will never be
> successful" to the above "Linux isn't successful yet" in
> just about one year ... :)
>
> Kind of worrysome that even MS is admitting the success of
> Linux :) (outside of their legal arguments)
The other thing I heard was M$ in retaliation to the DJ will release
advance technology they have been keeping from the people to wipe out
their competitors. According to M$ linux will be gone in a year if they do
this.
Q: Why did they deprecate a.out support in linux?
A: Because a nasty coff is bad for your elf.
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