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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 23, 2025

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  10. Mozilla's Web Browser/Web Server Commentary
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  11. Programming Leftovers
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  29. The Fall of Windows: Vista 7 and 8 [original]
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  30. The Fall of Windows: Vista [original]
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  31. The Fall of Windows: XP [original]
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  32. The Fall of Windows: ME and 2000 [original]
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  33. The Fall of Windows: 98 [original]
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  34. The Fall of Windows: 95 [original]
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  35. The Fall of Windows: 3.1 and 3.11 [original]
    Apple and IBM had alternatives
  36. New Audio: "Free/Libre software and freedom in the digital society" by Richard Stallman [original]
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