Re: A Full Thrust Font for Ship Design? (OFF TOPIC)

On Mon, 15 Dec 1997, Alun Thomas wrote:

> maxxon@swob.dna.fi wrote:
> > Linux doesn't count 'cuz it's free, eh?
> 'cuz its american (well, Unix is anyway - not sure about Linux itself)

Maybe, just maybe, you should check before you guess, eh?

Clipped from www.linux.org: "Linux is an operating system that was
initially created as a hobby by a young student, Linus Torvalds, at the
University of Helsinki in Finland." 

> > What is extant anyway? "Still being used" or "still being sold"?
> Well, I'm not sure which Michael ment, but both are true of RISC-OS.

Yeah, but if it's the former, certain old legacy systems qualify.
And what's an OS anyway? Do e.g. digital phone switches count?

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