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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: Historic Opportunity facing Free Unix (was Re: The Lai/Baker paper, benchmarks, and the world of free UNIX)
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 13:14:17 -0700
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Kevin P. Neal wrote:
] Funny, last time I went to www.microsoft.com, it was slow as a dog.
] 
] I was amused.

Do not intentionally confuse bad implementation with bad design,
or bad design with bad ideas.

If you do this, you will commit a disservice to yourself.  A good
idea or design is good, regardless of whether or not you like the
politics of its origin.


                                        Terry Lambert
                                        terry@lambert.org
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.