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Tim Murray
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SubjectRe: mac sales down
FromTim Murray
Date05/18/2008 16:31 (05/18/2008 10:31)
Message-ID<44XXj.144270$Er2.28195@bignews6.bellsouth.net>
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Newsgroupscomp.sys.mac.advocacy
FollowsSteve Hix
On Sat, 17 May 2008 23:42:04 -0400, Steve Hix wrote:

Steve Hix
In article <UMKXj.10807$hv2.4368@bignews5.bellsouth.net>, Tim Murray <no-spam@thankyou.com>wrote:

Tim Murray
On Wed, 14 May 2008 23:36:37 -0400, Mayor of R'lyeh wrote:

Mayor Of R'lyeh
On Tue, 13 May 2008 00:39:14 -0400, ZnU <znu@fake.invalid>wrote:

ZnU
Selling a general-purpose mass-market operating system for generic hardware has been a successful long-term business model for one (1) company. Ever.

Mayor Of R'lyeh
The Red Hat guys will be shocked to learn that. As will Novell.

Tim Murray
Why?

Steve Hix
He thinks that Red Hat Linux is a *general-purpose, mass-market* OS?

Yeah, but I was trying go get him to say that. Or, at least the usual Windowsesque response of, "see above" or "I already told you".