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   Dick_Holder to Aragorn   
   Re: Marek says "hi"   
   22 Dec 22 12:58:36   
   
   From: dick_holder@man.invalid   
      
   On 12/21/2022 1:31 AM, Aragorn wrote:   
   > On 20.12.2022 at 19:08, stepore scribbled:   
   >   
   >> On 12/19/22 23:50, Aragorn wrote:   
   >>> Greetings everyone,   
   >>>   
   >>> As the title of this thread says, our old friend Marek Novotny has   
   >>> requested that I'd say "hi" to the people he knew while he was a   
   >>> Usenet   
   >>   
   >> Good to know Marek is ok. Hope he's doing well.   
   >   
   > He is, yes, but he's living a very different life now. ;)   
      
   Once one stops tinkering all day with Linux, life gets simpler ;)   
      
   >> And I don't mean to hijack the thread but I hope Cybe R. Wizard is   
   >> still around somewhere. Haven't heard from him for a long long while   
   >> either, just seemed to vanish too.   
   >   
   > I haven't seen the Wiz in a long time anymore either, or for that   
   > matter, Wildman, who rewrote one of Marek's scripts in Python, I think.   
      
   Cyber Nancy figured out spell/grammar checking Usenet wasn't quite as   
   needed as it once was ;-)   
      
   > I was thinking about all of this just the other day.   
   >   
   >>> Marek is not monitoring Usenet anymore, and he's also not even using   
   >>> GNU/Linux anymore.  He got himself an off-the-shelf laptop with   
   >>> MS-Windows   
   >>   
   >> I mean... I get not wanting to be on Usenet anymore, but not using   
   >> Linux? No excuse for that. And Windows now! Only adds insult to   
   >> injury. :-)   
   >   
   > I told him that too.  I mean, Windows?  How low can you go? :p :p   
   >   
      
   Windows 11 is damned good, stable, dominating.   
   Lots of people see the light... the struggle isn't worth it.   
      
   No need to answer, just joking.   
   I remember many of those posters from years ago.   
   I always liked mach2 better than Marek ;)   
      
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