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To: JC Jaros who wrote (23470)	11/28/1999 2:24:00 AM
From: Charles Tutt	Respond to of 64865

Windows: the Hairball Virus.

To: JC Jaros who wrote (23470)	11/28/1999 2:35:00 AM
From: Robert	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

Re: "Edit: Isn't it odd how "virus" has come to be synonymous with Windows (tm)...." I think the general problem is that over the past 15 years or so, computing has become synonymous with Windows. Being "in your face" computing, people who know no better get the wrong idea. In fact, there are many fine examples of computing as it should be, eg video games, game consoles, ATM's, antilock braking, that never gets appreciated because 1) they work, and 2) they don't get in people's way,.