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From: bep@quintro.uucp (Bryan Province)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: UNIX Today! article
Message-ID: <1991Jun24.205938.509@quintro.uucp>
Date: 24 Jun 91 20:59:38 GMT
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In article <9106202042.AA23680@hwcae.cfsat.honeywell.com> davidy@hwcae.cfsat.honeywell.com (David Young) writes:
>
>Did you see what was said in UNIX Today!, May 27th 1991 page 76
>Column 3 near the bottom?  And I quote:
>
>    "Karl Freund, marketing manager at HP's Fort Collins, Colo.,
>Systems Division, said HP consulted with Apollo users about running
>DomainOS on the new 700 series by late 1992 or 1993 vs. porting OSF/1
>to the workstations by the end of 1991.  They advised HP to port
>OSF/1, he said."
>
>What!  What Apollo user's where?  What corner of the universe did they
>find these dorks in?  How much did they pay them to say this?  I
>suggest that we do an informal poll.  If HP had come and asked you the
>question as posed above, how would you have responded?  OSF or
>DOMAIN/OS?  

Do you mean that HP is trying to put words in our mouths?  I can't believe
they would ... uh ... I LOVE MY HP/APOLLO EQUIPMENT.  I HAVE NO COMPLAINTS.
BOY THOSE GUYS AT HP REALLY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING.  ZEEK HILE!  ZEEK HILE!
I'm sorry.  Where was I?

>
>Count me in the DOMAIN/OS camp.  I'll accept a tally by mail, and
>post the results to minimize traffic on this board.

Ditto here too.

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