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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
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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