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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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
Subject: Re: Historic Opportunity facing Free Unix (was Re: The Lai/Baker paper, benchmarks, and the world of free UNIX)
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 1996 14:23:20 -0700
Organization: Me
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Viet-Trung Luu wrote:
] I don't understand the statement either. (Also, there are some
] commercial UNIXes that might make the cut.) I don't know that most
] people (okay, you said "most people [you] know"... but anyway) would
] prefer NT -- a lot of people seem to like 95 for its interface
] (despite all of its flaws).
FYI: The Windows95 interface runs on NT; it is a downloadable
beta from Microsoft -- available now.
Terry Lambert
terry@lambert.org
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