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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 21:12:06 -0700
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Dimitri Maziuk wrote:
]
] Byron A Jeff wrote:
] >... snip - snip - snip
]
] > Think about it and don't give up the desktop without a fight.
]
] Great warrior doesn't fight: he sits on his dorstep waiting
] for the body of his enemy to be carried down the street.
] Tao Te Ching
] (not an exact citation: I read it long ago and in
] different language :-)
An inappropriate quote... it refers to the wisdom of defeating
your enemies by outliving them, instead of placing yourself
at risk. If your enemies fight and you do not, you are all
the more likely to outlive them.
What is your estimate of the life expenctancy of Microsoft?
Terry Lambert
terry@lambert.org
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.