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   CrudeSausage to rbowman   
   Re: Gentoo Linux: $10K community donatio   
   27 Jan 26 22:24:44   
   
   From: crude@sausa.ge   
      
   On 27 Jan 2026 20:18:37 GMT, rbowman wrote:   
      
   > On Tue, 27 Jan 2026 06:53:52 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:   
   >   
   >> Remember how bad Windows 1, 2, and even 3 were? The Atari ST and Mac   
   >> were much better.   
   >   
   > A friend was all in on Windows but I ignored it until 3.1 which I   
   > eventually upgraded to Windows for Workgroups 3.11, That one had a   
   > Winsock so you didn't have to get the third party implementation from   
   > Trumpet.   
      
   Actually, I always wondered whether it was possible to upgrade Windows 3.0   
   to 3.1 for free, or whether you had to buy an entirely new product. I   
   don't think I ever came across a 3.0 to 3.1 upgrade pack anywhere at the   
   time.   
      
      
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