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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!howland.erols.net!news.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!199.60.19.15!news.island.net!nanaimo.island.net!cmott From: Charles Mott <cmott@srv.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Linux or FreeBSD Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 23:33:18 -0800 Organization: Island Internet Inc. - (604) 753-2383 Lines: 26 Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.95.970109232616.18188D-100000@nanaimo.island.net> References: <32B6AFB0.787F@pc.jaring.my> <5974tk$k01@fridge-nf0.shore.net> <m2ybew3puy.fsf@golfgod.raleigh.ibm.com> <Pine.LNX.3.95.961219163846.9274A-100000@nanaimo.island.net> <59n13i$790@uriah.heep.sax.de> <Pine.LNX.3.95.961227175553.4569A-100000@nanaimo.island.net> <5agb60$6fa@uriah.heep.sax.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: nanaimo.island.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Sender: cmott@nanaimo.island.net In-Reply-To: <5agb60$6fa@uriah.heep.sax.de> Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:33857 On 2 Jan 1997, J Wunsch wrote: > > The General Secretary was angry. "We are > > engaged in a global competition with Linus. > > To survive, we must expand, or we will > > collapse inwards and be no more." His fist > > banged against the table. > > Ha! This proves you don't know the General Secretary... He would > never have admitted that! > > ``The General Secretary was angry. "In order to > maintain our continous leadership in the world's > software technology, we need to continually improve > our products. I have received reports that Linus is > now slowly catching up!" His fist banged against > the table.'' J"org, How similar your General Secretary sounds to a manager at a medium to large sized American company. There is a principle of bureaucracy and mediocrity which transcends economic systems and the past cold war. Charles Mott