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From: sirkm@ssyx.ucsc.edu (Greg Anderson)
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Subject: Re: Software costs
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Date: 6 May 89 15:06:50 GMT
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In article <3263@cs.dal.ca> bill@biomel.UUCP, biomel@cs.dal.CA writes:
>From a programming point of view, MS-DOS is hard!!!  All that
>segmentation crap, graphics at the lowest level, and so on.  Give me GEM
>any time!

MS-DOS versus GEM?  I am reminded of the question "When you die, would you
rather be eaten by a lion or trampled in a stampede?"

The correct answer, of course, is "no".     :)


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