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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!solace!nntp.uio.no!news.cais.net!van-bc!unixg.ubc.ca!news.bc.net!felix.junction.net!not-for-mail From: michael@memra.com (Michael Dillon) 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: 19 Apr 1996 14:19:11 -0700 Organization: Memra Software Inc. - Internet consulting - http://www.memra.com Lines: 22 Message-ID: <4l900f$5dv@sidhe.memra.com> References: <NELSON.96Apr15010553@ns.crynwr.com> <4l2fl2$7hk@sidhe.memra.com> <4l5qp1$1eam@news.missouri.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: sidhe.memra.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.system:21542 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:630 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:3250 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:3071 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:17481 comp.os.linux.advocacy:45855 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. -- Michael Dillon Voice: +1-604-546-8022 Memra Software Inc. Fax: +1-604-546-3049 http://www.memra.com E-mail: michael@memra.com