> From: Suresh Ramasubramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Linux India Help <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [LIH] Re: Linux for desktop ?? > Date: 30 Jan 2002 11:24:49 +0800 > > +++ Philip S Tellis [linux-india] <30/01/02 00:15 +0530>: > > Sometime on Jan 29, Sudhir Gandotra assembled some asciibets to say: > > > even call it an OS) is going to be literally thrown out of windows > > > > I believe the correct term for this is defenestration. > > Well, it is the latin word for it ... fenestrum = window. There _was_ the > famous 'defenestration of prague' a few hundred years back, when (I think) > messengers from the pope trying to bring political pressure on some baron > were heaved out of his castle windows.
pray read arthur c. clarke's story "the defenestration of ermintrude inch", in his collection "tales from the white hart". it's delightfully funny. in fact, the whole book is great fun. - t. _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
