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Re: [BL] long filenames 2A

From: Lee Forrest <lforrestster AT gmail.com>
To: BasicLinux List <baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [BL] long filenames 2A
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 20:16:43 +0000

On Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 04:42:13PM +1300, 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:
> Lee Forrest wrote:
> >
> > DOS is M$. Baby Windows.
>
> MSDOS was actually QDOS (Quick & Dirty Operating System).

But everyone knows that when you say "DOS" you are referring
to MSDOS.

> MSWindows was a Macintosh lookalike running on top of DOS.
> AFAIK the only original contribution by Bill Gates was Clippy.

Yeh. His accomplishments as a software engineer are more legend
than fact.

What's a "Clippy"?

Lee

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Re: [BL] long filenames 24, Greg Mayman, 01/28/2007
- Re: [BL] long filenames 24, Lee Forrest, 01/28/2007
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- Re: [BL] long filenames 24, Greg Mayman, 01/28/2007
  - Re: [BL] long filenames 28, Lee Forrest, 01/28/2007
- Re: [BL] long filenames 24, Greg Mayman, 01/28/2007
  - Re: [BL] long filenames 29, Lee Forrest, 01/28/2007
    - Re: [BL] long filenames 29, 3aoo-cvfd, 01/28/2007
      - Re: [BL] long filenames 2A, Lee Forrest, 01/28/2007