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I also don't understand the bottled water craze so *shrug*.

On Wed, 7 Jul 2004 17:06:29 -0400
Vincent Fox <vf5 at plm.gatech.edu> wrote:

> 
> How did I get to be the devil's advocate in this?
> 
> I can go down to the nearest creek and dip my cup in and
> take a drink. Or I can pay $1 to get bottled water from a vending
> machine and already cold.
> 
> You and I may find this amusing but I find nothing unethical in
> charging money for something that may be free but someone is
> providing it in a convenient format and location. There's
> probably some few people who will pay for this, and why not?
> It's a free country.

-- 

I used to be interested in Windows NT, but the more I see of it the more it
looks like traditional Windows with a stabler kernel. I don't find anything
technically interesting there. In my opinion MS is a lot better at making money
than it is at making good operating systems.  -- Linus Torvalds


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