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From: shwake@raysnec.UUCP (Ray Shwake)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Where does UNIX fit in a graphically-based computer world?
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Date: 10 Sep 90 13:57:49 GMT
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Chris.Gehlker@p12.f56.n114.z1.fidonet.org (Chris Gehlker) writes:

>I don't think it would be a BAD THING if the world went to UNIX but I've been
>hearing this for a log time now.  The world apprently has a mind of its own.

Some seem to think that, if something doesn't explode overnight in
popularity, it can't be deemed successful. (TV network programmers seem
to fit this category, but that's a different story.)

It's true that the IBM took off after Lotus 1-2-3 appeared, that the Mac
took off with the appearance of Desktop Publishing tools. UNIX hasn't
"exploded" in the same fashion, but instead has demonstrated continuous,
and substantial growth. It continues to win over hardware vendors and
software developers. It's winning over major users in both the government
and commercial sectors, both at home and abroad. Standards are providing
for increasingly higher levels of interoperability.

Don't know about you, but that seems like success to me!