Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 17:17:44 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: "Joseph A. Mallett" <jmallett@xMach.org> Cc: <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: The desktop apathy? I think not. Message-ID: <15126.49928.193515.69087@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSO.4.33.0105311805280.5552-100000@Aphex.NewGold.NET> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20010531160004.04a02910@localhost> <Pine.BSO.4.33.0105311805280.5552-100000@Aphex.NewGold.NET>
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Joseph A. Mallett <jmallett@xMach.org> types: > On Thu, 31 May 2001, Brett Glass wrote: > > At 03:56 PM 5/31/2001, Mike Meyer wrote: > > >That's more idiotic than Brett's usual treacle. > > Red alert! Incoming ad hominem attack detected! That's not an attack, that's a description. > > >HP isn't a software company, it's a hardware company. > > Gee, I guess that HP/UX and MPE aren't software. Nor is > > the embedded code that makes so many of their products > > tick. > The software bundles that came with a new HP box I've seen recently is > even bigger than most SGI bundles. In short: Shitloads of software. Since you seem to be swalling this tripe, I'd like to point out that I didn't say HP didn't write software. In fact, I said they *did* write software - to help sell their hardware. How much of that "shitloads of software" can you run without having to buy hardware from HP? <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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