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From: phil@Shiva.COM (Phil Budne)
Newsgroups: alt.suit.att-bsdi,comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: UNIGRAM's article on the USL-BSDI suit
Message-ID: <1992Aug7.192458.29390@Shiva.COM>
Date: 7 Aug 92 19:24:58 GMT
References: <7066@skye.ed.ac.uk> <1992Aug6.135607.5620@crd.ge.com> <1992Aug6.175618.20419@gateway.novell.com>
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In article <1992Aug6.175618.20419@gateway.novell.com> terry@npd.Novell.COM (Terry Lambert) writes:
> Face it: Betty is a manager, not a house builder like her dad, and
>probably couldn't build a house someone would choose to live in to save
>her life. Her only choice (besides learning to build houses, which she
>refuses to do, since she might get her hands dirty or break a nail) is to put
>real house builders out of work. Then she can sell her cracker-boxes that
>no one wants to buy any way, because that's all that's left.
Actually, Betty sells houses based on ones built by numerous uncles
and cousins of hers (from places like Columbus and Cincinati), rather
than hastle over whose idea of a house to build (which by this time
has litle to do with Dad's original small, but coherent designs) they
build houses with dormers and extensions hanging out every which way.
Since then, Bill who has gone on to form an immensely popular
construction firm worked with Betty (and her team of builders) to
integrate their ideas; the results of which has wheels and wings.
Rick (who used to live in Pittsburgh, but has been rumored to have
gone to Washington to work for a different Bill, who mass produces
sand boxes) came up with an idea to build one of Bill's houses on
stilts without a masonry foundation.
Steve (a former toy manufacturer) has built some deluxe houses
(which are cubical and painted black). Steve's houses were
supposed to replace everyone elses, but didn't.
Did I mention Richard (who sleeps in a computer laboratory) formed the
"Free House Foundation" to build houses that anyone can live in, but
nobody can own?
Other big builders who had made all of their money building jails,
decided to band together to create a bulldozer which they called the
"Open House Foundation" (not to be confused with the _Free_ House
Foundation) to counteract the threat that Betty & Bill's joint venture
might dominate the market for edifices. OHF based their house design
on Rick's. OHF was never intended to build houses; they do sell kits,
but mostly they sell just windows.
Recently Bill has decided to sell his houses without doorknobs (``Not
everyone needs doorknobs, and its more "open" to not charge people who
don't need doorknobs for them'').
I think I'll go live in a tent.
-Phil