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Re: Linux on PS/2?



 On Thu, 28 Feb 2008, Mark J. Dulcey wrote: 

> Scott Ehrlich wrote: 
>> 
>> Then there is always another generational gap between those who know and 
>> remember the IBM PS/2 and those who really only know it as the Sony 
>> PlayStation 2. 
> 
> To be pedantic, PS/2 would be the IBM system; I believe that Sony calls their 
> game machine PS2 with no slash. 

That would be correct.  But still, people use the word "is" in a plural 
sense, "between" (instead of among) for more than two items, anyway 
(proper form) is often lost to the improper anyways, etc.  Thus, 
definitions and interpretations can sometimes vary from their intended 
purpose. 

Scott 

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