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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!news.wildstar.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!newsfeeds.sol.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!ais.net!ameritech.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!38.8.16.2!psinntp!news.ml.com!news From: willettm@ml.com (Mike Willett LADS LDN X1176) Newsgroups: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Linux or FreeBSD (or something else?) Date: 7 Apr 1997 13:32:44 GMT Organization: Merrill Lynch Lines: 24 Message-ID: <5iat1s$t48@news.ml.com> References: <332c9a76.3278270@news.adelaide.on.net> <333990e3.2587820@news.sprynet.com> <333EE698.41C67EA6@kzin.dorm.umd.edu> <3343cbbf.1091644@news.sprynet.com> <5i1216$gc4$1@news3.realtime.net> <33457087.6003026@news.sprynet.com> <E84Kwp.8ox@nonexistent.com> <3346646b.68448149@news.sprynet.com> <E84y08.JqI@nonexistent.com> <5i6u6g$ilb$1@newsy.ifm.liu.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: gstldn22.bolon.uk.ml.com X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.6 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au alt.os.linux:19959 comp.os.linux.misc:168608 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:38702 In article <5i6u6g$ilb$1@newsy.ifm.liu.se>, perle@compisII.rydnet.lysator.liu.se (Per Lewau) writes: >In article <E84y08.JqI@nonexistent.com>, le@put.com (Louis Epstein) writes: > >Rather: > >Q-DOS->MS-DOS->W*nd*ws->Win95 >Multics -> Unix -> VMS -> Digital NT kernel -> M$ Win NT > >That's actually closer to the truth. Q-DOS->MS-DOS->W*nd*ws->Win95 Multics Unix (The name was pun but a complete re-write) RSX-11 -> VMS -> Digital's new kernel (never released) Win NT (programmed by the team who programmed Digital's new kernel but ofcource doesn't involve any of the code otherwise they would get sued - and when did you ever hear MS getting sued but unethical business practices ???) I think is might be a bit closer but I'm sure I'll be corrected. Mike :-)