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Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: “Why Linux will never beat Windows”
Date: October 1996

Original Post:

From: johndoe@someisp.net
Let’s face it: Linux is a toy OS. No decent software, crap hardware support, and compiled by a bunch of bearded nerds in basements. Windows 95 is the future. Deal with it.

Response 1:

From: tuxmaster@geek.org
LOL. Spoken like someone who thinks a “kernel panic” is a breakfast cereal. Linux runs circles around Windows. Ever heard of uptime? Try running a server on Win95 and get back to me.

Response 2:

From: billh8r@openmail.org
You’re either a Microsoft shill or hopelessly ignorant. Enjoy your weekly blue screens, clown.

Response 3:

From: systemdistruth@freemail.net
The real problem is that Linux has sold out to corporate interests. Back in my day, it was about freedom, not GUIs for noobs. Go compile your own kernel and stop whining.

Response 4:

From: linusrules@sweden.fi
Hey everyone, I use both Linux and Windows. Can’t we all just get along?

Response 5:

From: elric@middleearth.nerd
NO. This is WAR. Emacs vs Vim, GPL vs BSD, Tabs vs Spaces. Pick a side or perish.

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