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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!raven.eva.net!bighorn.accessnv.com!jca From: jca@bighorn.accessnv.com (J.C. Archambeau) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: /etc/apple (was Re: Pentium Pro and FreeBSD) Date: 31 Dec 1996 03:38:36 GMT Organization: Access Nevada Inc. Lines: 16 Message-ID: <5aa1rt$2b2@raven.eva.net> References: <32C063E4.69BE@ibm.net> <32C0DF02.41C67EA6@freebsd.org> <tporczyk.851889405@shellx> <32C725AC.41C67EA6@freebsd.org> <tporczyk.851965555@shellx> <tporczyk.851966319@shellx> NNTP-Posting-Host: bighorn.accessnv.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:33396 Tony Porczyk (tporczyk@best.com) wrote: : Oh, something off the subject: With the recent announcement of Apple : going with OpenStep+MacOS, how many people are afraid it may be a : serious threat to free unices? I must admit that a possibility of : having a UNIX system (unless Apple manages to castrate OpenStep) that : runs inexpensive Mac apps natively is incredibly appealing to me. Highly doubtful. Citizen Gates has a better chance of wiping out the *BSD and Linux projects than Apple does by making the Mac a commerical Unix box. Remember what happened to NeXT. -- /* | Spam violation - e-mail dumped... ** Internet: jca@accessnv.com | Don't blame me, I didn't vote for Clinton. ** jca@anv.net | Intel is the word for 'errata.' */