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Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 21:34:19 -0800 (PST)
From: Chuck Rouillard <crouilla@ucsd.edu>
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To: Doug Russell <drussell@saturn-tech.com>
cc: Drew Baxter <netmonger@genesis.ispace.com>,
        "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Tell Micro$oft what you think
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On Wed, 25 Nov 1998, Doug Russell wrote:
> 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.  


I believe you summed things up nicely with this previous statement:

> You can't try to figure how things would be if they were different. :)
>
> Later......                                           <Doug>

-chuck

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