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From: fjh AT cs DOT mu DOT OZ DOT AU (Fergus Henderson)
Subject: Re: How do I get who to work
26 Oct 1997 03:12:55 -0800 :
Message-ID: <199710261100.WAA10633.cygnus.gnu-win32@mundook.cs.mu.OZ.AU>
References: <6gZoMXN4pfB AT mike DOT franken DOT de>
To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com
Cc: mh AT mike DOT franken DOT de (Michael Hirmke)

mh AT mike DOT franken DOT de (Michael Hirmke) writes:

>Hi Kevin,
>
>>I am still trying to use the gnu for windows software in anger. I am
>
>So what are you angry about ?

He's not angry.  It's just a phrase.  "To use ... in anger" means to
use something seriously, for real work, rather than just playing around
with it, giving it a test drive, etc.; i.e. using it as a tool rather
than a toy.

--
Fergus Henderson <fjh AT cs DOT mu DOT oz DOT au>   |  "I have always known that the pursuit
WWW: <http://www.cs.mu.oz.au/~fjh>   |  of excellence is a lethal habit"
PGP: finger fjh AT 128 DOT 250 DOT 37 DOT 3         |     -- the last words of T. S. Garp.
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