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From: tzs@stein2.u.washington.edu (Tim Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux,comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Summary of Linux vs. 386BSD vs. Commercial Unixes
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twpierce@unix.amherst.edu (Tim Pierce) writes:
>>I personally am looking forward to the day that I can write a piece of
>>code and have it run on every machine I have an account on... with no
>>changes.  Is GNU interested in this kind of thing also?
>
>Think about it.  They're the ones designing an operating system, after
>all.

I bet Taligent, NeXT, and Microsoft will get there first.

--Tim Smith