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From: Larry McVoy <lm@bitmover.com>
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On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 09:13:22PM -0500, Rob Wilkens wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-01-10 at 21:07, Larry McVoy wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 08:58:44PM -0500, Rob Wilkens wrote:
> > > If I had been familiar with UNIX
> > > at the time I had those books, I might've written ROBIX ...
> > 
> > If I had ham, I could make ham and eggs, if I had some eggs.
> 
> Precisely my point.. If I had ham, and If I had eggs, I knew (and know)
> enough to make ham and eggs.  Or whatever it was we were talking about.

You missed my point.  Which was: you said you could have done what Linus
has done if only you had the knowledge, timing, and leadership skills.
I was pointing out that that is a lot of "if onlys".
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Larry McVoy            	 lm at bitmover.com           http://www.bitmover.com/lm 
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