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Subject: Re: Amazingly dumb remark about Linux
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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 -----=20
From: Ann Parsons <akp@eznet.net>
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Subject: Amazingly dumb remark about Linux


> Hi all,
>=20
> 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.=20
>=20
> Ann P.
>=20
> --=20
> Ann K. Parsons =20
> 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
>=20
>=20
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