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From: Frederic.Marand@osinet.fr (Frederic MARAND)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: /etc/apple (was Re: Pentium Pro and FreeBSD)
Date: Mon, 06 Jan 1997 07:40:40 GMT
Organization: Groupe SEDI / Agorus SA / OSI SARL
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huang@odin.egate.net (Ian Huang) wrote:
>: : serious threat to free unices?  I must admit that a possibility of
>: : having a UNIX system (unless Apple manages to castrate OpenStep) that
>: : runs inexpensive Mac apps natively is incredibly appealing to me.

As far as I know, Apple's A/UX has been doing just that for years.
And HP-UX and  other commercial Unices also run Mac apps since
at least 1994.
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   Frederic G. MARAND
  Agorus SA / OSI SARL
Frederic.Marand@osinet.fr
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