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From: michael@memra.com (Michael Dillon)
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: 22 Apr 1996 16:23:48 -0700
Organization: Memra Software Inc. - Internet consulting - http://www.memra.com
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References: <4ki055$60l@Radon.Stanford.EDU> <3173FF99.46221A66@lambert.org> <4l2ofe$jjo@kruuna.helsinki.fi> <wb8fozDq6t2s.9tv@netcom.com>
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In article <wb8fozDq6t2s.9tv@netcom.com>,
David Lesher <wb8foz@netcom.com> wrote:
>torvalds@cc.helsinki.fi (Linus Torvalds) writes:
>
>>A good idea or design is _not_ good, unless there is a good
>>implementation of it.
>
> It was a GREAT product. Only three things wrong with it:
> Bad design
> Bad parts
> Bad manufacturing
> Other than THAT, it was perfect......
Or the Internet standards mantra:
We reject kings, presidents and voting.
We believe in rough consensus and running code.
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