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From: kasajian@netcom.com (Kenneth Kasajian)
Subject: Re: "NT is UNIX" or so Bill Gates says!!!
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References: <1993Jul7.222018.20816@dbsoftware.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1993 07:06:23 GMT
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torre@dbsoftware.com (T-Rex Fodder) writes:

>The following is from Communications Week July 5, 1993 page 8.
>It is copied without permission.

>	UNIX IN NT'S CLOTHING   In his latest positioning statement on
>	Microsoft Corp.'s Windows NT operating system, company chairman and 
>	CEO Bill Gates said NT is not a competitor of Unix, but in fact uses 
>	the same kernel.  "I think it [NT] will very quickly be the most 
>	popular form of Unix out there, because we do not allow licensees to 
>	change it around to try and get proprietary advantages on top of what 
>	was on [[sic]] there," Gates said at last week's PC Expo in New York.
>	"NT is a form of Unix.  It will not replace Unix, but I expect it 
>	to be the most popular form of Unix."


>Now I want to know WHAT does this mean?!?
>	IS Gates trying to provoke USL into a lawsuit?
>	Is NT UNIX??

>********************************************************************************
>The world gets more weird day by day!      Patrick Torre
>                                           Dun & Bradstreet Software
>                                           torre@dbsoftware.com
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