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From: nelson@cs.uwp.edu (Jeremy Nelson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Solaris vs SunOs
Date: 28 Aug 1996 17:18:01 GMT
Organization: University of Wisconsin - Parkside
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References: <4vabsr$4mt@usenet.srv.cis.pitt.edu> <4vsofi$ngd@qnx.com> <500vcg$a22@symiserver2.symantec.com> <501onv$cki@qnx.com>
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<tedm@agora.rdrop.com> wrote:
! Of course there are going to be those hardware vendors that are going to
! continue to sell closed hardware, and port Unix to it.  However, those 
! minority

In article <501onv$cki@qnx.com>, Doug Santry <doug@qnx.com> wrote:
>Why is Sparc closed but Intel isn't?

Silly boy.  Microsoft doesnt have an operating system for it.
If its not Microsoft (spit), its not "open"!

*wretch*
-jfn