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From: Paul Gettle <pgettle@********.NET>
Subject: Re: "Free" Software (was: Euro question)
Date: Fri, 1 May 1998 14:18:54 -0400
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At 01:48 PM 5/1/98 -0500, Lehlan wrote:
>Possibly. But your forgetting that true "geeks" would never work for
the
>megas. :) Employees are the drones, the unthinking sheep. No matter
>how geeky they are. True geeks are the independents. :)

Oh, please. If only 'True' geeks were to run this new OS that we've
been speculating about, then the userbase would never be wide enough
to remotely pose a threat to the Mega's iron griped control on what
runs on people's computers.

If it's big enough to worry the megas then it has to be apealing to to
the 'just geeky' also, and not just to the 'True' geek.

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