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From: fr@compu.com (Fred Rump from home)
Subject: Re: SCO market share
Organization: CompuData Inc.
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1993 21:19:11 GMT
Message-ID: <1993Dec21.211911.8123@compu.com>
References: <1993Dec11.012449.99@kf8nh.wariat.org> <2ec989$knu@vanbc.wimsey.com> <2efuku$4vj@rhombus.cs.jhu.edu> <9312142221.aa02201@fags.stonewall.demon.co.uk> <2f4qd0$k9f@slab.mtholyoke.edu> <sheldon.756428144@pv141b.vincent.iastate.edu>
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sheldon@iastate.edu (Steve Sheldon) writes:
>In <2f4qd0$k9f@slab.mtholyoke.edu> jbotz@mtholyoke.edu (Jurgen Botz) writes:
>>I wouldn't be so sure of that... especially for large consumers
>>(i.e. big corporations) free operating systems to which they have easy
>>access to the source may turn out to be cost-effective to support and
>>more reliable in the long run. Time will tell, but so far the signs
>>are good.
> This attitude is completely contrary to the marketplace trends. More and
>more companies are trying to get away from software written and supported
>in-house, to use generic commercial software supported by others.
Amen.
fred
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