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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!sys14!news From: Con Sultant <jkane@execpc.com> Subject: Re: Historic Opportunity facing Free Unix (was Re: The Lai/Baker paper, benchmarks, and the world of free UNIX) X-Nntp-Posting-Host: 192.43.105.164 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-ID: <Dpz1qL.n1G@deere.com> Sender: news@deere.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Yes I Am. References: <NELSON.96Apr15010553@ns.crynwr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 20:18:21 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2 (Windows; U; 16bit) Lines: 23 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.system:21261 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:564 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:3157 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:2964 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:17225 comp.os.linux.advocacy:45186 nelson@ns.crynwr.com (Russell Nelson) wrote: >If they could buy a computer with Linux and (a fully functional) Wine >installed, they would use it with no hesitation. I am about to get my a** flamed for stepping in where Phoenix's dare tread, But you have just tripped my trigger!! IBM Think blue for a moment! If you think for a moment ANY Free UNIX could just add a Windows emulator and make a go of it on that fact, think again. IBM tried it in OS/2. THey have barely nicked MicroGiant and they have the marketing clout to back them up!! I am not suggesting that OS/2 should replace Windows. I am jsut pointing out that reality is also part of marketing. Learn from others mistakes, Or you will have to make your own. Free Unix is great for the few, the proud, those with the need for speed. (OK, bad quote.) But, it will not appeal to the general masses until the general masses are convinced Windows will not work for them. And, since it will, Unix will continue to be where it is. Let's be happy that we have the application server world and keep working in that direction. Any attempt to push MicroGiant over, will result in embarrasment. Just take heart in the fact that NT is an attempt by MicroGiant to be as good as any UNIX!!!!