[ILUG] dot.what..[ot]

David Murphy drjolt+ilug at redbrick.dcu.ie
Tue May 23 12:08:29 IST 2000


Quoting <392A4057.D4485685 at ireland.sun.com>
by Kieran Colfer - Sun Microsystems Ireland <kieran.colfer at ireland.sun.com>:

> As for the thing about films and macs, I thought that was because apple
> monitors used to have a higher refresh rate than PC screens, so you
> avoided the awful flickering effect you sometimes see on screens in news
> clips. 

It's product placement, pure and simple. The idea of hollywood execs
picking up on *nix is frankly ludicrous.

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