When you say 'I wrote a program that crashed Windows,' people just sta…

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When you say 'I wrote a program that crashed Windows,' people just stare at you blankly and say 'Hey, I got those with the system, for free.' ✨ Post to comp.os.linux.development.apps newsgroup, groups.google.com. March 8, 1995.
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When you say 'I wrote a program that crashed Windows,' people just stare at you blankly and say 'Hey, I got those with the system, for free.' ✨ Post to comp.os.linux.development.apps newsgroup, groups.google.com. March 8, 1995.

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