[oclug] (no subject) (Apples & Oranges)

[Tom Trottier]

On Wednesday, August 21, 2002 at 15:40, Tim Hosking 
<oclug at lists.oclug.on.ca>
wrote re "Re: [oclug] (no subject)" saying:

> On 8/21/02 3:14 PM, "Brett Delmage" <brett at twobikes.ottawa.on.ca> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 21 Aug 2002, Warren A. Layton wrote:
> > 
> >> An unintended consequence of comparing MacOS to Linux could be that a
> >> few customers walk home thinking: "Wow, I didn't realize that Linux
> >> was as easy to use as MacOS." :-)
> > 
> > ... and can run on my existing PC at much less cost :-)
> 
> Uh oh! Here we go again. Please don't compare Apples with Oranges :)
...
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