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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.bhp.com.au!mel.dit.csiro.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!news.jhu.edu!aplcenmp!netnews.jhuapl.edu!uunet!in1.uu.net!news.cais.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!csn!news-1.csn.net!ub!ns1.potsdam.edu!news From: nelson@ns.crynwr.com (Russell Nelson) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Historic Opportunity facing Free Unix (was Re: The Lai/Baker paper, benchmarks, and the world of free UNIX) Date: 17 Apr 1996 14:04:05 GMT Organization: Crynwr Software Lines: 24 Message-ID: <NELSON.96Apr17100405@ns.crynwr.com> References: <NELSON.96Apr15010553@ns.crynwr.com> <Dpz1qL.n1G@deere.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ns.crynwr.com In-reply-to: Con Sultant's message of Tue, 16 Apr 1996 20:18:21 GMT Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.system:21288 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:569 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:3163 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:2975 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:17246 comp.os.linux.advocacy:45269 In article <Dpz1qL.n1G@deere.com> Con Sultant <jkane@execpc.com> writes: > nelson@ns.crynwr.com (Russell Nelson) wrote: > >If they could buy a computer with Linux and (a fully functional) Wine > >installed, they would use it with no hesitation. > > I am about to get my a** flamed for stepping in where Phoenix's dare > tread, But you have just tripped my trigger!! > > IBM Think blue for a moment! If you think for a moment ANY Free UNIX > could just add a Windows emulator and make a go of it on that fact, think > again. IBM tried it in OS/2. Yup, you should get your ass flamed. You don't understand the channel. Competition is VERY fierce there. As soon as someone can ship a ROYALTY-FREE OS which can run Windows, they will. And they'll kick everyone else's butt because they can sell their systems for at least $50 cheaper than everyone else. -- -russ <nelson@crynwr.com> http://www.crynwr.com/~nelson Crynwr Software | Crynwr Software sells packet driver support | PGP ok 11 Grant St. | +1 315 268 1925 voice | If you would seek peace, Potsdam, NY 13676 | +1 315 268 9201 FAX | first seek freedom