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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!metro!metro!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!nsw.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!vic.news.telstra.net!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!news.cais.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsserver.jvnc.net!raffles.technet.sg!nf1.iij.ad.jp!news.iij.ad.jp!news.CET.CO.JP!usenet From: Michael Hancock <michaelh@cet.co.jp> 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: Tue, 30 Apr 1996 09:15:34 -0700 Organization: CET Lines: 12 Message-ID: <31863CA6.314E@cet.co.jp> References: <4ki055$60l@Radon.Stanford.EDU> <4lfm6m$d2c@rigel.tm.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de> <4lftn3$olb@solaria.cc.gatech.edu> <317C8F0F.307E@curtin.edu.au> <4lgo4c$6fa@solaria.cc.gatech.edu> <317E07F1.441D@curtin.edu.au> <317DAA16.42C86E59@lambert.org> <4lqpu1$j7q@news.missouri.edu> <31813BBE.467CAA89@lambert.org> <4lujcs$46t@symiserver2.symantec.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: box01.cet.co.jp Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (Win16; I) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.system:22523 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:873 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:3566 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:3425 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:18317 comp.os.linux.advocacy:47365 tedm@symantec.com wrote: > > Eventually, Microsoft will lose Bill G, or he will make a fatal mistake, and > the glass mirror will be shattered. If Microsoft ever declares a large loss Maybe so, but MS will probably be a major force a good part of our careers. Terry is arguing that it is better to take action to make Unix more competitive than to wait around for a very well managed company to slip. -- Michael Hancock michaelh@cet.co.jp