[plug] New version of Winux

Peter Caffin pc at it.net.au
Wed Apr 14 11:41:35 WST 1999


On Wed, 14 Apr 1999, Michael Hunt wrote:
> > Except the news.com story claims "Caldera Systems will be the first major
> > distributor to have a shipping product using the new 2.2.x version of the
> > Linux Kernel"
[...] 
> We live in a commercialised world, and news.com with its "biz" bent didn't
> take into account other more non-commercial (maybe not for profit would be a
> better term) distros.

Considering one's competitors to be "minor" is a convenience used by
marketing departments all over the world. Bill Clinton used the same sorts
of relativistic absurdities when claiming he hadn't had "sexual relations"
with Monica L. These sorts of things work in the 'States for some reason.

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