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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!pumpkin.pangea.ca!eru.mt.luth.se!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!arclight.uoregon.edu!mr.net!news-peer.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!howland.erols.net!news.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!198.53.145.10!news2.interlog.com!egate.egate.net!odin.egate.net!huang From: huang@odin.egate.net (Ian Huang) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: /etc/apple (was Re: Pentium Pro and FreeBSD) Date: 5 Jan 1997 01:10:52 GMT Organization: EGate Communications Inc. Lines: 18 Message-ID: <5amv2s$gpl@odin.egate.net> References: <32C063E4.69BE@ibm.net> <32C0DF02.41C67EA6@freebsd.org> <tporczyk.851889405@shellx> <32C725AC.41C67EA6@freebsd.org> <tporczyk.851965555@shellx> <tporczyk.851966319@shellx> <5aa1rt$2b2@raven.eva.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: odin.egate.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:33555 I also heard that Apple has already been licenced for the Windows 95 OS and it is trying to get a licence for WinNT from MS. What was that about? : : 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.' : */