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Re: Why Is Linux So LARGE

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Subject: Re: Why Is Linux So LARGE
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2023 21:12:43 +1300
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by: candycane - Thu, 24 Aug 2023 08:12 UTC

CG> I always thought of MS-DOS as a rickety shack whose door and windows
CG> would stick and squeak. Windows is a towering edifice built on top
CG> of that shack, and in the name of backward compatibility every door
CG> and window in that shining tower also sticks and squeaks.

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