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- From: tzs@stein.u.washington.edu (Tim Smith)
- Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss
- Subject: Re: harmful effects of gnu software II
- Date: 24 Jan 1993 09:07:11 GMT
- Organization: University of Washington School of Law, Class of '95
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- tyrell@seaotter.micro.umn.edu (john drexler) writes:
- >*Sigh*. I suppose that in the long run, GNU will fizzle (or UNIX will die) and
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- UNIX is going to be killed by NT. After reading the latest UnixWorld, I
- believe that. I didn't before, but the article about Cutler convinces me.
- He's got the experience to write a good OS, and he's got the
- proper motivation: he thinks he was screwed by someone and wants to get
- back at them, and writing a very good OS is the way to do that.
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- Add that to Microsoft's size and marketing clout (More than half of all
- software sold last year in the US was from Microsoft, and Microsoft is
- now worth more money than IBM), and it's time to get depressed.
-
- --Tim Smith
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