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Re: [OS:N:] Quick Survey
- From: Brandon Dorman <brandonfpu yahoo com>
- To: OSN <open-source-now-list redhat com>
- Subject: Re: [OS:N:] Quick Survey
- Date: Sat Sep 28 19:25:01 2002
good deal, thanks for the clarification. Sorry if I was too quick to be
pointing fingers.
On Sat, 2002-09-28 at 17:02, John Hinsley wrote:
> Brandon Dorman wrote:
>
> >I object to the use of the term, "Uncle Tom Mandrake." Sure mandrake
> >isn't super highly regarded, still thought of as a knockoff of Redhat,
> >but it is quite good. I'm assuming you're referring to the slave book
> >Uncle Tom's cabin. If not please accept my apologies.
>
> Well, maybe I should have thought about it more deeply. On this side of the
> Atlantic there's a folk song which runs "And Uncle Tom Cobley and all, and
> Uncle Tom Cobley and all!" which is the sense I'm trying to convey.......
>
> I wasn't knocking Mandrake or implying that Mandrake was an Uncle Tom in the
> sense of Uncle Tom's Cabin (which, while excellent, isn't that widely read
> over here).
>
> Cheers
>
> John
>
>
>
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Brandon Dorman <brandonfpu yahoo com>
Fresno Pacific University (Student)
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