7 Nov
2006
7 Nov
'06
1:39 p.m.
In article <200611071921.OAA07952 at Sparkle.Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>,
der Mouse <mouse at rodents.montreal.qc.ca> writes:
There are at least two PC operating systems that cost
$0 and work
perfectly well [...]
Assuming all I care about with my PC is clone-ware of commercial
software and xterm, yeah, that's useful. Otherwise, its a turd
wrapped in silver foil.
At any rate, you miss my point. Even those "free" operating systems
aren't written in hand-crafted assembly. They are written with
exactly the same techniques and tools used by commercial operating
systems.
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