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From: Doug Russell <drussell@saturn-tech.com>
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On Wed, 25 Nov 1998, Drew Baxter wrote:

> Personally I aim for hardware that works with just about anything.  OS
> Specific hardware (HSP modems, etc.) infringe on the regular home user that
> just bought a Compaq from the local WalMart to install FreeBSD across a PPP
> link... 

Now that I re-read my previous post, it doesn't really express what I
wanted.  I agree here...  I'm saying Microsoft has messed things up, and
that we  would probably be using BETTER, even CHEAPER hardware if it were
not for Microsoft.  

Later......						<Doug>



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