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From: jpl@sftig.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.unix
Subject: Re: Re: marketing unix
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Date: Mon, 16-Jul-84 09:35:45 EDT
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"Paging Mr. Harris, paging Mr. Harris, please come down to earth."

Readers will recall from the last referenced article that one of
Guy's major point's was that adopting other people's ideas is a
useful and sensible thing to do.  Quite so.  However, this
entails evaluating the ideas and the particular instantiation
of those ideas, and not just swallowing them whole.

Also, in future, when Mr. Harris plays the Great Reconciler,
will he please refrain from baiting USDL (? Unix System Development Lab ?)
members?  They are certainly NOT -- what was the phrase? -- Berkeleyphobics.
Au contrair, they generally seem capable of building on the best ideas
for UNIX enhancements, whether originated at UCB or other universities,
internal or external research labs, or even the occaisional original
idea.

jeff lankford	sftig!jpl