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Re: [LUG] Teenagers, bewilderable middle-aged women; distributing Ubuntu

 

On Sunday 08 Jan 2006 14:56, Tony Sumner wrote:
> On Jan 08, 2006, Henry Bremridge was like:
> > Mind you that is how the Japanese car makers suceeded:
>
> Motor cycles too. I was at the National Science Collection recently (they
> have a fine set of motor-cycles) and he explained that people bought
> Triumph and the like and took them to pieces every winter, then Honda
> came up with a so-called super-bike that was mainly super because it
> ran all your round. Bit like Linux; a while ago I was asked to fill in
> a survey asking how often my OS crashed. It doesn't I said.
>
> Tony Sumner
>
> [PS you can crash it with svgalib tho]
>

Slightly off topic, but there is or was a great collection of bikes in the 
Geeson brothers museum in Lincolnshire I think it was.
I went there a couple of times years ago.
I still ride a Triumph ;)  1960 Tiger 90

Mark

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