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  -- K.E. Iverso...
• It took 300 years to build and by the time it was 10% built, everyone knew it would be a total disaster.
  But by then the investment was so big they felt compelled to go on....
• Brief History Of Linux (#21) The GNU Project Meet Richard M.
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• Say to the salesman: Do you have anything I would like?
• You should never bet against anything in science at odds of more than about ten to the twelfth to one.
  -- E. Rutherford...
• I'm hardware and don't know anything about software.
• DEC achieved this by an aggresive design that uses a lower-than-usual voltage (3.
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• Anything you say, Baby.
• Anything you say, man...