En réponse à John Cowan <cowan@...>:
>
> Well, one purpose is when you want to test software under lots of
> different
> versions of Windows. It's much better than having a dedicated box per
> version.
True. In this case, it can be practical as a developer's tool.
> In the Unix world, you might want to test under several Linuxes and
> BSDs.
>
I agree that under Unix, it has probably some use. But it still looks more like
a tool for developers rather than just for users.
>
> But we did invent the millihelen, the practical unit of beauty: viz.,
> enough
> beauty to launch a single ship.
>
LOL! True enough :)) . The funny part about this unit is that despite the milli-
prefix, it is quite a big unit! ;))
Christophe.
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