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From: bass@dmsd.UUCP (John Bass)
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Subject: Re: the GNU Manifesto
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Date: Thu, 4-Apr-85 14:27:16 EST
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Posted: Thu Apr  4 14:27:16 1985
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Mr Charley Wingate choose the rebut my argument that GNU would likely
get finished just in time to be obsolete -- I cited that rapid changes
in technology would cause a rewrite of the "typical" unix kernel in the
next few years.

Charley's argument was a non-arguement -- of the type "I don't think so"
and "as long x hardware is around, y software will be too". I really
doesn't matter that old beasts are still running old OS's thats the
way of life. As for vaxes running unix for a long time -- big deal.

Where is the arguement for gnu running a long time? Blind faith has
no place in counter arguements. For gnu to become succesful it will
have to be interesting for high-tech hobbests to run. For a number
of applications I am not yet ready to trade my mac for any old unix
box. For a number of other applications I AM ready to change my current
unix boxes for systems I see in the market over the next 2 years.

If by some chance his argument was that GNU will replace unix on
older systems -- he missed the point of his own non-arguement.

John Bass