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Martinus Scriblerus wrote: > > I saw an ad in a magazine yesterday saying that the Acorn name is back > in business. Then I saw the following line on their web site: "Acorn > recommends Microsoft (r) Windows(r) XP". > > To a diehard Acorn enthusiast like me that is like "The Church of > England recommends tearing the living heart from a sacrificial victim > at the high altar". Over reaction I suppose but even so... Hehe, does that mean I work on de-consecrated ground? Although we still have a working acolyte of the church of Acorn chained in the computer room (just in case). This website (for the hard of remembering) http://www.acorncomputer.co.uk/ Simon PS: I thought the real diehard Acorn enthusiasts were still using ANT Internet suite despite six years without support, not any of this new fangled gmail stuff. "Security through antiquity", from the "let's hope the cracker can't find one on E-Bay any more" school of thought. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html