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Reply-To: <arfa AT clara DOT net>
From: "Arthur" <arfa AT clara DOT net>
To: "DJGPP Mailing List" <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>,
"Kev" <co273 AT freenet DOT buffalo DOT edu>
Subject: RE: Allegro and VESA 2.0
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 16:49:12 +0100
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> > A government monopoly on computers?! No thanks. I can't think
> of anything
> > that will take us back to the dark ages of computing faster.
> >
> > And believe me, there is nothing worse than something designed
> by committee.
> >
> If the Feds actually start doing hardware, they'll probably insist on
> weakass encryption so bog brother can tune in, and insisting that every
> Pentium 2 have backwards combatibility with IBM's OS/360.

Hmm, there's enough conspiracy theories around already, but it sounds a lot
like WIntel machines... :-)

James Arthur
jaa AT arfa DOT clara DOT net
ICQ#15054819

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