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   steve to TokaMundo   
   Re: Re: Is Linux the Next BEOS or OS/2?   
   28 Aug 05 15:10:25   
   
   XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.os.os2.advocacy   
   From: steve@nospam.invalid   
      
   On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 11:43:43 +0000, TokaMundo wrote:   
      
   > On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 12:17:32 +0100, steve  Gave us:   
   >   
   >>On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 00:58:44 -0400, The Anthill Mob wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Face it Linux has had more than enough time to make it's presence known   
   >>> as a desktop system and it has failed miserably. THird world countries   
   >>> and a handful of minor companies don;t even put a ping in Microsoft's   
   >>> market.   
   >>>   
   >>> So I ask, is Linux desktop headed for extinction like BEOS and OS/2   
   >>> both of which were superior to Windows.   
   >>>   
   >>> Linux is free, supports a fair amount of hardware and includes a ton of   
   >>> free programs so why isn't anyone interested? Common sense would   
   >>> dictate Linux would steamroll Microsoft, yet Linux remains a virtual   
   >>> unknown amongst average Jane. Why?   
   >>> Maybe because it sucks and the public is not interested?   
   >>   
   >>Interesting, you compare it to BEOS OS/2 which you state were both   
   >>superior to windows, then you claim it sucks?   
   >>   
   >>I think you need to think it through a bit more.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >   Don't encourage the dipshit.   
      
   He won't reply. Had I called him an idiot, he would have come out with the   
   usual mantra about how cola just calls people idiots when they disagree   
   with them - probably some animated paper clip comes up with   
      
    "Hi, I see you are responding to your own troll...."   
      
   Demonstrating that they are an idiot and the paper clip   
   probably GPFs or tells them they need to update to a newer version.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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