On Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 03:02:37PM -0400, Steven R. Hatfield wrote:
> Microsoft proudly charges money for this pleasure.
While I dislike Microsoft products have beta tested for them in the past I can
assure you they not only do *NOT* charge their beta testers. But they actually
ship CDs to us on a regular basis. Comes in a nice little brown shipping
envelope via airborne express for the unintiated.
Please don't spread lies or misrepresent things in order to further Linux. It
only makes us all looks stupid.
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bootblack, tough as General William Tecumseh Sherman, rich
as the Queen of England, emotionally resilient as a Red Sox
fan, and as generally able to take care of yourself as the
average nuclear missile submarine commander, you should
have never been allowed near this document. Please dispose
of it as you would any piece of high-level radioactive waste
and then arrange with a qualified surgeon to amputate your
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- Neal Stephenson, Crytonomicon
