Hey gang, Is that letter *really* an april fool's thing or not? This shouldn't be allowed to be kept unclear too long, too many times jokes have proved they can do amazing damage. So, if anyone can give us enough info on it to let us give a sigh of relief, please do so. Thanks, John -- Give us your money, we are MicrosoftBorg, we will make it better later...maybe.
begin John B's quote: | Is that letter *really* an april fool's thing or not? This | shouldn't be allowed to be kept unclear too long, too many times | jokes have proved they can do amazing damage. | So, if anyone can give us enough info on it to let us give a sigh | of relief, please do so. there's a pretty good rundown of it -- and of the nifty new qt -- in the top story at http://www.linuxandmain.com/news/ it's a big day for the community, that's for sure. -- dep http://www.linuxandmain.com -- outside the box, barely within the envelope, and no animated paperclip anywhere.
On Mon, Apr 01, 2002 at 10:07:57AM -0500, dep@linuxandmain.com wrote:
begin John B's quote:
| Is that letter *really* an april fool's thing or not? This | shouldn't be allowed to be kept unclear too long, too many times | jokes have proved they can do amazing damage. | So, if anyone can give us enough info on it to let us give a sigh | of relief, please do so.
there's a pretty good rundown of it -- and of the nifty new qt -- in the top story at http://www.linuxandmain.com/news/
it's a big day for the community, that's for sure.
Guys, credit us with *some* intelligence... (Well, maybe not all of us) Of course it's an April Fool. Do you really think that Linus would choose to quit Linux development at midnight on April Fools' Day? Of course, I have no proof, but I'd be willing to bet a crisp tenner on it... (GBP, no new-fangled euro things round 'ere) As to whether it's posted by Linus or a spoof, I won't comment... And spaghetti *does* grow on trees. -- David Smith Work Email: Dave.Smith@st.com STMicroelectronics Home Email: David.Smith@ds-electronics.co.uk Bristol, England
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On Mon, Apr 01, 2002 at 10:07:57AM -0500, dep@linuxandmain.com wrote:
begin John B's quote:
| Is that letter *really* an april fool's thing or not? This | shouldn't be allowed to be kept unclear too long, too many times | jokes have proved they can do amazing damage. | So, if anyone can give us enough info on it to let us give a sigh | of relief, please do so.
there's a pretty good rundown of it -- and of the nifty new qt -- in the top story at http://www.linuxandmain.com/news/
it's a big day for the community, that's for sure.
Guys, credit us with *some* intelligence... (Well, maybe not all of us)
Of course it's an April Fool. Do you really think that Linus would choose to quit Linux development at midnight on April Fools' Day?
Of course, I have no proof, but I'd be willing to bet a crisp tenner on it... (GBP, no new-fangled euro things round 'ere)
As to whether it's posted by Linus or a spoof, I won't comment...
And spaghetti *does* grow on trees.
I think the thing that proved it to me was Stallman being included in the list of nominations.
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there's a pretty good rundown of it -- and of the nifty new qt -- in the top story at http://www.linuxandmain.com/news/
it's a big day for the community, that's for sure.
Ah, fun, gotta love April Fools Day. :-) -Tim - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy R. Butler tbutler@uninetsolutions.com Universal Networks http://www.uninet.info Christian Portal and Search Tool: http://www.faithtree.com Open Source Migration Guide: http://www.ofb.biz ============= "Christian Web Services Since 1996" ============== -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8qJzFK37Cns9gJ0gRAoM7AJ4rqvSdVTWzQhlQoq5Y+HZINIBfgwCgh5hi bXBWjNj15pvcCnwvC49rkLw= =baOS -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
A letter almost exactly like this was circulated last April 1. :) Wouldn't surprize me at all if it was the same letter. * dep (dep@linuxandmain.com) [020401 07:20]: ->begin John B's quote: -> ->| Is that letter *really* an april fool's thing or not? This ->| shouldn't be allowed to be kept unclear too long, too many times ->| jokes have proved they can do amazing damage. ->| So, if anyone can give us enough info on it to let us give a sigh ->| of relief, please do so. -> ->there's a pretty good rundown of it -- and of the nifty new qt -- in ->the top story at http://www.linuxandmain.com/news/ -> ->it's a big day for the community, that's for sure. ->-- ->dep -> ->http://www.linuxandmain.com -- outside the box, barely within the ->envelope, and no animated paperclip anywhere. -> -> ->-- ->To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com ->For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com ->Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com -> -=Ben --=====-----=====-- mailto:ben@whack.org --=====-- "I've never been quarantined. But the more I look around the more I think it might not be a bad thing." -JC --=====-----=====--
begin Ben Rosenberg's quote: | A letter almost exactly like this was circulated last April 1. :) | | Wouldn't surprize me at all if it was the same letter. yeah -- that's why i linked to the site, because there's a link to last year's -- which was different -- in the story. actually, all the links in the story are accurate, including the part about kde moving to console mode text-only. also all the quotes, except for the last one, because i would have had to phone somebody to get it on such short notice. -- dep http://www.linuxandmain.com -- outside the box, barely within the envelope, and no animated paperclip anywhere.
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