On 10-Sep-98 Doug Yowza wrote:
>On Wed, 9 Sep 1998, Sam Ismail wrote:
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>> This wreaks of a practical joke. I only wonder what the motivation
>is
>> behind this?
>
>Note the smiley. I liked it, though. It's almost believable. You
>can construct an entire alternate reality on this kind of stuff. What
>do you think it would take for Linus to sell out?
More than Micro$quat's ready to give, that's for bloody sure!
Geez... I noticed the smiley, but I thought it was some bizarre
positive reaction to what would be horrible news. I will admit I was
taken in at first. After I got halfway through a reply laden with more
MS flames than I usually produce in a year, I started to consider the
possibility that it was somebody's idea of a joke.
<g> Well, heck... given the shock value, and the apparent
writing quality, I would wager that it'll qualify for Urban Legend
status in due course.
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