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From: rhys@vortex.cc.missouri.edu (Justin "Rhys Thuryn" McNutt)
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)
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Date: 19 Apr 1996 17:42:25 GMT
Organization: University of Missouri - Columbia
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Bob Nelson (bnelson@netcom.com) wrote:
: On 16 Apr 1996 15:56:25 GMT, Justin "Rhys Thuryn" McNutt wrote:

: >> Let me show you something:

: >> Linux - It's a *free*, powerful, POSIX-compliant, widely-available, and
: >> 	supported operating system.  It's got people developing for it
: >> 	right and left.  They're usually just developing drivers and
: >> 	miscellany, but it's there.  It got here slowly, but it's getting
: >> 	there.

: >> The St. Louis Arch - Same sort of thing.  It took those engineers years
: >> 			just to design the thing.  It took another few
: >> 			years to build, but was worth the trouble.

: >> The Sears Tower, The Taj Mahal, The Eiffel Tower...

: ...the Tower of Babel...

So you're saying that as long as God doesn't interfere we'll be okay?  :)

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