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From: jason@cs.utexas.edu (Jason Martin Levitt)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: A/UX just a ploy? (Was Re: Is A/UX viable? Your advice sought)
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Date: 1 Aug 90 01:23:34 GMT
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In article <1990Jul31.232639.18896@brutus.cs.uiuc.edu> coolidge@cs.uiuc.edu
writes:
>
>My impression....[stuff deleted]
>is that Apple is committed to A/UX for the long
>haul. They've put a lot of work into 2.0, work that doesn't affect
>government procurement requirements for UNIX-compatible systems
>(how many government contracts require UNIX with MacOS support? :-)).
>
  I think you've got it backwards, John. Apple wants to deliver
*MacOS* solutions, not Unix solutions. The government requires
Unix, so Apple delivers an operating system that allows a nearly
complete MacOS under Unix. Huzzah!

     ---Jason  jason@cs.utexas.edu   (512) 326-9102