O'pain Software Foundation: (2) Why is it better than AT&T?
Sharan Kalwani
shan at mcf.UUCP
Sat May 28 14:18:13 AEST 1988
In article <1818 at thebes.UUCP> schwartz at swatsun.UUCP (Scott Schwartz) writes:
>I think the real issue is that unix is now (or is going to be, depending
>on how you feel) an important force in the computer world, and AT&T
>OWNS it. Competing corporations just can't tolerate something important
>that the other guy controls. ....
I think you've hit the nail on the head here. It does seem to explain
practically most of the moves made so far.
>> Geez. Talk about white hats and black hats!
>
>Not to mention expensive business suits.
I like that!
>Can we all go back to being computer scientists now? Or should
>we petition for the creation of comp.unix.mba?
Nope, it is high time that we petition for the creation of
comp.unix.politics ;-)
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