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[Bernard Peek]

JLMS wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 2:08 AM, John G Walker
> <johngeoffreywalker at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>   
>> On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:32:04 +0000 JLMS <jjllmmss at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> We even have
>>> text only web browsers if needed. How do you achieve that level of
>>> simplification and flexibility with Windows?
>>>       
>> I wouldn't want to be thought of as defending Microsoft, but I have run
>> Lynx under Windows. Not that there was any simplification of Windows
>> involved, just a compilation,
>>
>>
>>     
>
> My point is missed: In Linux you don;t need GNOME, KDE or anything
> else to run Lynx, not even X11.
>
> How do you get rid of the equivalent layers in Windows and then access
> a command line to run Lynx?
>   

Microsoft can occasionally learn things from Linux. Their latest server 
OS is available with no GUI. They have also replaced their old DOS 
emulator with Powershell which is apparently much more capable.


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