Good Going!... You told him, didn't you?... And as a added bonus for the rest
of us, you run off a new user of the Linux operating system.
You owe him an apology.
Sincerely
M. Peck Dickens
InVestment Solutions, Inc.
Tel. 770-497-0580
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Subject: [ale] didnt mean to offend
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 20:16:44 -0000
From: "John Williams" ">jkenwilliams@mindspring.com>
Some here have taken offense and negativity at my looking for "linux" type themes for Win98, wondering if I only want need to use Win98 to print and at work (my boss supplies the software at work) and neither my canon bj240 or Lexmark 3200 will print under Linux, why would I want to be reminded of such a operating system.
I like to be reminded because Linux is a free and open system software, capable of empowering many people across the world, without monopolizing a desktop like certain organizations do. Because Linux is the first O/S that has challenged me since DOS, and it makes me think when I use it. It has great desktops, and even better screensavers, and I can use it, and people on old 386's can use it, and Mac users, and almost everyone.
And because that damned TUX is so cute and cuddly!
I guess, I will just shut up, and unsubscribe...I thought Linux users were a cut above the proprietary boys at Microsoft...Oh well
John
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Some here have taken offense and negativity at my
looking for "linux" type themes for Win98, wondering if I only want need to use
Win98 to print and at work (my boss supplies the software at work) and neither
my canon bj240 or Lexmark 3200 will print under Linux, why would I want to
be reminded of such a operating system.
I like to be reminded because Linux is a free and
open system software, capable of empowering many people across the world,
without monopolizing a desktop like certain organizations do. Because Linux is
the first O/S that has challenged me since DOS, and it makes me think when I use
it. It has great desktops, and even better screensavers, and I can use it, and
people on old 386's can use it, and Mac users, and almost everyone.
And because that damned TUX is so cute and
cuddly!
I guess, I will just shut up, and unsubscribe...I
thought Linux users were a cut above the proprietary boys at Microsoft...Oh
well
John
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