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From: rkh@mtune.ATT.COM (964[jak]-Robert Halloran)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: "It's snake oil, absolute snake oil"
Message-ID: <1680@mtune.ATT.COM>
Date: 18 Mar 88 13:28:56 GMT
References: <183@mcf.UUCP>
Reply-To: rkh@mtune.UUCP (Robert Halloran)
Organization: AT&T ISL Middletown NJ USA
Lines: 33
Keywords: Ken Olsen DEC UNIX

In article <183@mcf.UUCP> shan@mcf.UUCP (Sharan Kalwani) writes:
>
>	Just when you thought the latest round of VMS vs. UNIX wars
>was tapering off, now comes this :-). I just came across the latest issue
>of Computer Systems News, YAITR (Yet Another Industry Trade Rag) and saw
>the above qoute. I append the following lines taken from the March 14 issue
>for your amusement:
> --- start of quote  --
>
>	Asked to comment on the recent uproar over the AT&T and
>	Sun Microsystems Inc. Unix development alliance, Olsen
>	without mentioning particular companies, likened some vendors
>	of Unix products to "snake oil" salesmen and said the claim
>	that Unix will resolve incompatibility problems within
>	multi-vendor networks is "a naive idea."
> -- end of quote ---

Of course, Ken Olsen also made the following comment in 1977:

	"There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in their home."

	:-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-)

						Bob Halloran
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