Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!ogicse!pdxgate!eecs!berggren From: berggren@eecs.cs.pdx.edu (Eric Berggren) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: AT&T owns X-windows ?? (was Re: Software Patents) Message-ID: <1909@pdxgate.UUCP> Date: 11 Mar 91 18:18:43 GMT References: <820@puck.mrcu> <1804@pdxgate.UUCP> <1843@pdxgate.UUCP> <689@necssd.NEC.COM> Sender: news@pdxgate.UUCP Lines: 26 harrison@necssd.NEC.COM (Mark Harrison) writes: >Several people write things such as: >>Down with AT&T! >>Screwed once again by the A-holes at AT&T. >In this frenzy about backing store, don't forget AT&T has also made >a few positive contributions to computing, such as Unix and transistors. :-) That was Bell Labs. They weren't quite as evil (the good and the bad in one). Ever see the Star Trek episode "Turnabout Intruder"? They broke up just to get into the software computer market and do things like this. Either way, they're still "A-holes". :( I'm suprised they have claimed transistors yet. Of course, I just gave someone the idea. -e.b. This is "The right choice"? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Uh, oh, copyright violation! ============================================================================== Eric Berggren | "The force of the 'Dark Side' eminates from Computer Science/Eng. | the ominous DeathStar looming overhead." berggren@eecs.cs.pdx.edu | - Down with AT&T! -