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"Frank" <fvanbortel_at_netscape.net> wrote in message
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> Peter wrote:
>
> >
> > Is MS Windows taking over Linux and Unix? People say MS Windows will
> > continue to do better and better technologically, overtaking Unix,
> > therefore graphical interface will be more important.
> >
> Bill Gates:
>
> "If you can't get it to work properly, at least
> make it look good".
Never said.
>
> "The internet is a hype. Windows will not have internet access"
Never said
> "640kB is not a barrier, as there will never be any program
> requiring more memory than 640kB"
Very common quote or variations therof - no-one can quite pin down where or when it was said.
There are plenty of arguments for *nix over windows, those based on untruths seem to me unhelpful.
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