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> On Thu, 22 Aug 2002, John P. Looney wrote:
> >  Sun's hardware in general is more reliable,
> ROFL. not in our experience.

Well at least our Caps-Lock keys work:

peter@staunton.ie said:
> Another problem. I have a Dell branded keyboard and if I hit Caps-Lock
> twice, the whole machine crashes (in Linux, not Windows) - even the on/
> off switch is inactive, leaving me to reach for the power cable
> instead.

:-P

bauwolf@indigo.ie said:
> as if he wanted Solaris 9 for x86, he'd be waiting a bit
erm... it runs Solaris x86 as standard...

Cheers,
~Al

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