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To: rudedog who wrote (28271)	2/24/2000 8:57:00 PM
From: JC Jaros	Read Replies (2) of 64865

JC apparently does not understand that the "hairball" is Windows95 and 98, not NT - The hairball in question is any M$ desktop OS with an integrated browser. At least, that'd be my understanding. That's what they're about to remedy here, right? I'm quite sure there isn't a lack of motivated software engineers willing to safari into the Windows codebase, Rudedog. You'll note RedHat's first big move was to acquire Cygnus. Corel's was to augment their Win API pathologists with WINE. Each Linux distro is working some interop angle so that the free OS can run legacy apps. What do the Linux CEOs think would level the playing field for consumers on the desktop? A: Full documentation (source code). If you don't need Windows to run legacy Windows software, you don't need Windows. -JCJ

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