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From: peter@bonkers.taronga.com (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: Linux thoroughly insulted by Infoworld!
Organization: Taronga Park BBS
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References: <950116203411@lambada> <3gfnc3$pge@epiwrl.entropic.com> <D369qH.DE3@bonkers.taronga.com> <3gghc8$3hv@epiwrl.entropic.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 1995 18:07:37 GMT
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In article <3gghc8$3hv@epiwrl.entropic.com>,
Ken Hornstein <kenh@entropic.com> wrote:
>Oh, I agree, but do you honestly think that any software vendor is going to
>do OS support as well?

If they know they have no support from a vendor, and they have the source
to the OS, they damn well better. Apparently Pick (who *have* supported the
OS as well as the DBMS in the past... remember Pick ran standalone before
they jumped on the UNIX bandwagon) thinks they can.