O'pain Software Foundation: (2) Why is it better than AT&T?
Russ Nelson
nelson at sun.soe.clarkson.edu
Thu Jun 2 05:52:11 AEST 1988
I'm surprised that no one has come to the following conclusion:
AT&T+Sun AND the OSF are gathering the wagons into circles because they're
afraid of the GNUs. Think about what's going to happen when rms finishes
the kernel? There is a tremendous market opportunity for a firm that
simply offers support for GNUnix. They need no investment other than
that needed to become a GNUnix wizard. And, because of the restrictions
on derivatives of GNU, they will benefit from everyone else's work.
Who do you think will provide better customer support? A company that
sells customer support, i.e. GNU Wizards, Inc.? Or a company that
sells Unix boxes i.e. AT&T+SUN+OSF?
Parting shot: If IBM is so impressed by Unix, why aren't they on Usenet?
Can you say FUD?
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