Re: Linux for Nintendo 64

[Eric Kimminau <eak@detroit.sgi.com>]

Ulf. Re-read my original message:

> On Thu, 26 Mar 1998, Eric Kimminau wrote:
> I thought some of you might find this interesting. Note the date of 
> the article.
>
> http://www.ix.de/ix/artikel/E/1997/04/036/

"Note the date of the article"

I apologize if you got suckered.

Ulf Carlsson wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 26 Mar 1998 ralf@uni-koblenz.de wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Mar 26, 1998 at 09:26:21AM -0500, Eric Kimminau wrote:
> >
> > > Santeri Paavolainen wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, 26 Mar 1998, Eric Kimminau wrote:
> > > > > I thought some of you might find this interesting. Note the date of the
> > > > > article.
> > > > >
> > > > > http://www.ix.de/ix/artikel/E/1997/04/036/
> > > >
> > > > I'd guess that the iX magazine hits the newsstands in Germany on 1st of
> > > > April..
> > > >
> > > > Here's a quote from the text which should alert any reader:
> > > >
> > > >   "According to their speaker, Luciano Aprilia, the Italian developers,
> > > >   are going to make the software available under the GPL, so it can be
> > > >   used free of charge."
> > > >
> > > > The article was very entertaining, though :-)
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > santtu@iki.fi                    I have become death, destroyer of the worlds.
> > >
> > > Agreed and implied - Thats why I said to be sure and look at the date.
> >
> > Sigh...  Quite a lot of people apparently don't know the special meaning
> > of the 1st of April and mailed me about Linux for Nitendo.  Some of them
> > became very agressive and insulting when I told them the article'd be
> > just hoax ...
> >
> >   Ralf
> 
> When did the 25th or March become the 1st of April?
> 
> - Ulf

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