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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!usenet From: niemidc@oasis.gtefsd.com (David C. Niemi) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: "NT is UNIX" or so Bill Gates says!!! Date: 8 Jul 1993 18:05:49 GMT Organization: GTE Federal Systems Division Lines: 27 Distribution: world Message-ID: <21hnlt$sng@europa.eng.gtefsd.com> References: <1993Jul7.222018.20816@dbsoftware.com> Reply-To: niemidc@oasis.gtefsd.com NNTP-Posting-Host: hengist.lab.oasis.gtegsc.com In article 20816@dbsoftware.com, torre@dbsoftware.com (T-Rex Fodder) writes: ... > CEO Bill Gates said NT is not a competitor of Unix, but in fact uses > the same kernel. "I think it [NT] will very quickly be the most > popular form of Unix out there, because we do not allow licensees to > change it around to try and get proprietary advantages on top of what > was on [[sic]] there," Gates said at last week's PC Expo in New York. > "NT is a form of Unix. It will not replace Unix, but I expect it > to be the most popular form of Unix." > > >Now I want to know WHAT does this mean?!? > IS Gates trying to provoke USL into a lawsuit? > Is NT UNIX?? Maybe Dan Quayle was filling in for Bill that day. It sounds a lot more like Dan, doesn't it? Or maybe that is how Bill the Gates (TM) talks. But it sure doesn't sound like the usual Bill Gates. He usually at least SOUNDS LIKE he knows what he's talking about. 8) --- David C. Niemi: David.Niemi@oasis.gtegsc.com My opinions are those of my fuzz-brained, cat-sniffing Norwegian Elkhound.