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From: wb8foz@netcom.com (David Lesher)
Subject: Re: Historic Opportunity facing Free Unix (was Re: The Lai/Baker paper, benchmarks, and the world of free UNIX)
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torvalds@cc.helsinki.fi (Linus Torvalds) writes:



>A good idea or design is _not_ good, unless there is a good
>implementation of it.  


I recall a friend of mine saying something along those lines:

	It was a GREAT product. Only three things wrong with it:
		Bad design
		Bad parts
		Bad manufacturing
	Other than THAT, it was perfect......
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