__/ [ Handover Phist ] on Saturday 27 January 2007 19:57 \__
> On 2007-01-27, philo <philo@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> "John A. Bailo" <jabailo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:7ImdnaBiJ9N9BybYnZ2dnUVZ_uDinZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>> http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/110885.asp
>>>
>>> >>>
>>> Back when Windows 95 debuted, a 19-year-old college student in New
>>> Zealand named Jonathan Prentice achieved momentary fame when, thanks to
>>> the time zone, he became the first person to buy the new operating
>>> system.
>>
>>
>> Why didn't I get any recognition?
>> I was the very *last* person to buy Windows95...
>>
>> and I also dual boot Linux :)
>
> Are you kidding? I never bought Windows 95 at *all* and I boot three
> linuxes, Windows XP AND Windows 98!
I never bought any piece of S/W in my entire life [1], not even Windows,
which is typically bundled by the OEMs (no other choices because they don't
want to get "whacked").
I haven't bought any Windows box since 1999. The last one that I bought had
Linux preinstalled.
[1]
http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2006/01/15/lifetime-without-software/
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