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RE: OS Wars - A lighter note!


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  • Subject: RE: OS Wars - A lighter note!
  • From: "Mark Harrison" <Mark@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 11:58:53 +0100
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This bunch is a marketing agency ;-)

-----Original Message-----
From: Nigel Orr [mailto:nigel@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 17 October 2000 11:42
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] OS Wars - A lighter note!


At 11:38 17/10/00 +0100, you wrote:
>He got there, and had trouble installing, so called me... He quickly=20
>identified that the "PC" in question was a iMac, but didn't
realise what=20
>this meant, and had just believed the customer who told him it was Win
98.=
..

A few years ago, a friend who was firmly "100% MacOS" spent about
=A31000 o=
n=20
a PC card and accompanying kludging software so he could run Windows
apps=20
without having to face the indignity of buying a 'real' IBM-compatible
PC=20
(for about 1/2 the price...).  AFAIK, it never did work properly, thus=20
confirming his view that everything about PCs was evil and not to be
touche=
d.

Sometimes, it's easier not to even try to help...

Nigel







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