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From: Seiler@mit-xx@sri-unix.UUCP
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Subject: Re: DEC Professional Series.
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Date: Sat, 27-Aug-83 12:37:00 EDT
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Posted: Sat Aug 27 12:37:00 1983
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From:  Larry Seiler <Seiler@mit-xx>

Hmm... part of the problem here is that DEC is assumed to speak with a
single voice.  Well, it doesn't.  No organization does, but with DEC 
it's more extreme than with others.  I also heard early on that the Pro 
was going to remain a closed system, but the person saying this knew enough
to add that that was the final decision - for now.  Clearly, there were
some who from the beginning wanted the Pro to be open (at least eventually), 
and they've finally won over those who wanted it to remain closed.  The real 
moral of this story is that DEC will always, sooner or later, do whatever 
the users demand.  Or more precisely, those in DEC who always intended it
to be the way the users are demanding will eventually win out over those
who wanted it some other way.
	Enjoy,
	Larry

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