Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 15:07:03 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Mike A. Harris" <mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca>
To: csantill AT lausd DOT k12 DOT ca DOT us
cc: opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Money$oft hater reporting for duty!!!
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On Mon, 8 Sep 1997 csantill AT lausd DOT k12 DOT ca DOT us wrote:

> I'm a Win$uck 95-dollars-from-your-wallet & DJGPP 4 DOS user looking
> for a DOS + UNIX alternative.  I want to know if I download OpenDOS &
> paid the measley $50 bucks for OpenLinux BASE at Egghead would I be
> able to just install all this software on my machine (also uninstalling
> the 275MB that Win$uck takes up) or would it be better & easier to just
> install it on a clean machine?

$50 for Linux??? Thats crazy.  Either download Redhat, or
purchase the Infomagic LDR (Linux Developers Resource) 6 CD set
which comes with the latest Slackware, RedHat, Debian, and
several other distributions, the entire GNU archives, and
archives of sunsite and tsx-11.  It is around $20.

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Mark should get a sound card and more ISA slots!!!!!!!!  ;o)