Re: Not Much Linux Stuff of Late

Charlie Gibbs <[email protected]> Sun, 02 Aug 2026 01:34:08 GMT
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 2026-08-01, Lawrence D’Oliveiro <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Sat, 01 Aug 2026 21:54:59 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>
>> I _hate_ it when a system lies about being ready. I've had plenty of
>> time to build that hate - I worked on a mainframe that told such
>> lies before Microsoft even existed.
>
> A sure sign of a product from a company where the marketing department
> is in charge.

Right on both counts.

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