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From: nelson@ns.crynwr.com (Russell Nelson)
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: 16 Apr 1996 14:02:00 GMT
Organization: Crynwr Software
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Message-ID: <NELSON.96Apr16100200@ns.crynwr.com>
References: <NELSON.96Apr15010553@ns.crynwr.com> <yfgbuktfn1w.fsf@time.cdrom.com>
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In-reply-to: jkh@time.cdrom.com's message of 16 Apr 1996 03:05:35 -0700
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In article <yfg68b0fpqo.fsf@time.cdrom.com> jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) writes:

> You're wrong, of course.  I think we can win certain things, just not
> necessarily win the battles YOU want to win and or with YOUR choice of
> weapons.  Clearly I feel that there's something here to be won (though
> that's not the desktop) or I wouldn't be DOING this, Russell.  I also
> give the Linux world full credit for doing things their way and making
> the progress they have, such a pity that you seem constitutionally
> unable to grant me the same courtesy.

We must win the desktop.  You disagree.  Oh well.

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