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Subject: Re: home pc use
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 00:58:51 +0100
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Giorgos writes:

> In fact, Microsoft's name was rarely if ever spelled
> out publicly on these lists, until that day a few
> weeks back that you started complaining why FreeBSD
> is not exactly like the Windows you used to have :)

I've been told in private that any mention of Windows usually brings the
fanatics out of the woodwork on these lists, which probably explains why so few
are willing to mention the hated word.

> Most of the people on these lists can do their
> daily work without caring about the Microsoft way
> of doing things.  It is one thing to say `I hate
> Microsoft' and a totally different story to say
> `I don't care about Microsoft'.  Don't let the
> subtle difference confuse you.

Very often there isn't any difference, and the latter is a euphemism for the
former.


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