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> On 05/07/06, Julian Hall <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5150508.stm
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>> Ummmm Macs aren't the only option are they? :)
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> <bbc> What you're forgetting is that Linux is not used by anyone except
> uber-geeks, and for that reason it's fine to ignore it utterly, even down
> to
> using Realplayer for streaming media.</bbc>
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> No, they're not, but for the average UK tv-license-payer, you mustn't
> forget
> that Windows is a part of the computer, as is AOL. A Mac is the only even
> vaguely applicable alternative for them ("what's this colonel thing?!")
> But meh: Mac == BSD == UNIX =~ Linux, so what's the big deal? The point is
> to leave Windows - for all Sophos cares, we could probably put people on
> ERNIE-2 dumb terminals...
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well the point is that sophos can scare people into buying software for macs
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