Niall Litchfield wrote:
> "Frank" <fvanbortel_at_netscape.net> wrote in message
> news:3EAEE64E.7050901_at_netscape.net...
>
>>Peter wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Is MS Windows taking over Linux and Unix? People say MS Windows will
>>>continue to do better and better technologically, overtaking Unix,
>>>therefore graphical interface will be more important.
>>>
>>
>>Bill Gates:
>>
>>"If you can't get it to work properly, at least
>>make it look good".
>
>
> Never said.
>
>>"The internet is a hype. Windows will not have internet access"
>
>
> Never said
>
>
>>"640kB is not a barrier, as there will never be any program
>>requiring more memory than 640kB"
>
>
> Very common quote or variations therof - no-one can quite pin down where or
> when it was said.
>
> There are plenty of arguments for *nix over windows, those based on untruths
> seem to me unhelpful.
>
>
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> Niall Litchfield
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Should have left out the quotes; I don't know him personally,
so actually cannot quote - sorry for that.
--
Regards, Frank van Bortel
Received on Tue Apr 29 2003 - 16:19:12 CDT
