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From: "Igor Gueths" <igueths@attbi.com>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Subject: Re: Amazingly dumb remark about Linux
Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 21:05:48 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <001301c20776$22c0ef00$02243e18@mycomputer> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <15605.31268.774357.455312@akp@eznet.net>

This is definitely not true. I can accomplish just as much. An example: I can play audio files, burn cds, spool txt to my printer, and use chat progs such as aim in Emacs and irc. I also have proftpd. Try running all that on a Winblows box?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Ann Parsons <akp@eznet.net>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 9:02 PM
Subject: Amazingly dumb remark about Linux


> Hi all,
> 
> Well, this is one of the main arguments against Linux.  According to
> Windows proponents, Linux has no applications that approach MS junk.
> They feel that people can't share files and on nd on. 
> 
> Ann P.
> 
> -- 
> Ann K. Parsons  
> email:  akp@eznet.net ICQ Number:  33006854
> WEB SITE:  http://home.eznet.net/~akp
> "All that is gold does not glitter.  Not all those who wander are lost."  JRRT
> 
> 
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Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
 Adam Myrow
 ` Toby Fisher
   ` Liz Hare
     ` Octavian Rasnita
       ` Erik Heil
         ` Alex Snow
         ` Octavian Rasnita
       ` Cecil H. Whitley
         ` Octavian Rasnita
           ` Alex Snow
             ` Octavian Rasnita
               ` Toby Fisher
         ` Patricia Logan
           ` DBase Cecil H. Whitley
       ` Amazingly dumb remark about Linux jwantz
         ` Octavian Rasnita
 ` Ann Parsons
   ` Igor Gueths [this message]
     ` Toby Fisher
     ` Alex Snow
   ` Octavian Rasnita
     ` Alex Snow
 ` Octavian Rasnita
 ` Alex Snow
   ` Toby Fisher
     ` Alex Snow
     [not found] <E17DHWi-0003q4-00@speech.braille.uwo.ca>
 ` Thomas Ward
   ` Octavian Rasnita
     ` Cecil H. Whitley
       ` Octavian Rasnita
         ` Cecil H. Whitley
           ` Octavian Rasnita
             ` Igor Gueths
         ` Alex Snow
     ` Gregory Nowak
       ` Toby Fisher
       ` Adam Myrow
         ` Octavian Rasnita
           ` Cecil H. Whitley
             ` Octavian Rasnita
         ` Toby Fisher
       ` Octavian Rasnita
   ` Alex Snow
 Thomas Ward
 ` Gregory Nowak
 ` Alex Snow

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