Why not Linux?
paul sutton
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Sat Sep 2 22:32:18 UTC 2006
the nice thing about wikipedia is that you can edit the articles, esp if
anything is incorrect. which can happen, I am sure the original authors
of that entry won't mind any corrections,
paul
James Knott wrote:
>Zbigniew Koziol wrote:
>
>
>>On Saturday 02 September 2006 10:57, Rick Tomaschuk wrote:
>>
>>
>>>On Fri, 2006-09-01 at 14:05 -0400, Colin McGregor wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>I have not read Animal Farm I'm afraid, but I do know
>>>>
>>>>
>>>Animal Farm is a satirical allegory of Soviet totalitarianism. Major
>>>events in the book are based on ones from the Soviet Union during the
>>>Stalin era. (From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_farm ...sorry I
>>>don't have Encarta)
>>>
>>>
>>Well, wikipedia is certainly either not a fully trustfull source of
>>information.
>>
>>Was 1984 based on Soviet Union? I doubt that. I doubt also that the Animal
>>Farm was.
>>
>>
>
>Animal farm was about communism. "All men are created equal, but some
>are more equal than others.". came from that book. 1984 was more about
>government intrusion into our lives.
>
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