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From: John Cartmell
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 00:00

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In article <32E430...@chevalier.net>, Steve
<URL:mailto:s...@chevalier.net> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > You idiot. You're saying that MS stuff is good enough to use but not good
> > enough to pay for!? Even Bill Gates started off as a spotty geek trying to
> > flog his programs, and advocating theft is not the best way to go about this
> > ill-thought out campaign.
> 
> Personally, I would love to use a competitor's software, I would pay for
> it. But where is 
> all the competition. They cannot compete against MS. There must be some
> reason why there is no serious 
> competition - we all know it can't be because MS offers exception
> quality/service/price, so it must be 
> something else......

You haven't heard of a serious competitor.

Acorn.

You have now - there's no excuse for you - so go and buy an Acorn
RiscPC (with a StrongARM processor) and you'll have no need to buy
Wintel goods again.  As a side effect you'll be using a better
computer platform than 99% of the idiots who don't know anything
other than Wintel exists. 

-- 
     _/_/_/     _/          John Cartmell
      _/ __/_/ _/_/  _/_/  using Acorn Risc PCs - and StrongARMed
  _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ UK designed and made - British software
  _/_/ _/__/ _/ _/ _/ _/ supporting our own; even if it is the best ;-)

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From: John Cartmell <jo...@cartmell.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Let's unite to destroy Microsoft!
Date: 1997/01/23
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