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From: michael@memra.com (Michael Dillon)
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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: 19 Apr 1996 14:19:11 -0700
Organization: Memra Software Inc. - Internet consulting - http://www.memra.com
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In article <4l5qp1$1eam@news.missouri.edu>,
Justin "Rhys Thuryn" McNutt <rhys@vortex.cc.missouri.edu> wrote:

>: Right now neither the applications nor the environment exist for free 
>: UNIXes and I know of no developpers working on a credible environment or 
>: toolset. This kind of thing needs architecture work done first, then 
>: detailled design, then programming.
>
>Okay, so who is capable of doing that kind of work, and what subset of 
>those people is *willing* to do that work?  That's the solution, so let's 
>do it.

Well, it sounds like Russell Nelson might just be ready to work on this
and I might be ready too, but this needs to be a team effort, not a 
couple of guys heading off into the wilderness.



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