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Old 08-17-2001, 04:35 AM   #1
ramonsi
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quote related to linux vs micro$oft

Im looking for a quote I saw in a mag.

it went something like this. first the ignore us

then they attack us and then we win. It has to do

with the competition between ms and linux.Can you

please give me the quote and its author?
 
Old 08-17-2001, 04:46 AM   #2
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I know the quote you mean, its used by one of the guys on the forum as their signature, but I can't remember who!! It was originally said by Ghandi and just used in a Linux Vs Win document...

cheers

Jamie...
 
Old 08-17-2001, 03:42 PM   #3
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that was definitly ghandi - "first they ignore you; then they fight you; then you win."

at least, that was the translation that i know.
 
  


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