Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!vsi!sullivan
From: sullivan@vsi.UUCP (Michael T Sullivan)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Open Software Foundation
Summary: Out of the frying pan...
Message-ID: <677@vsi.UUCP>
Date: 19 May 88 19:22:54 GMT
References: <5412@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> <3166@pdn.UUCP> <754@fig.bbn.com>
Organization: V-Systems, Inc. -- Santa Ana, CA
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In article <754@fig.bbn.com>, rsalz@bbn.com (Rich Salz) writes:
> Reading between the lines, I gather they're going to rewrite EVERYTHING so
> that it contains no ATT licensed code.  If they pull it off, many people
> will be very happy.  

Why will removing AT&T & Sun from the code and putting IBM, DEC, et al
in the code make so many people happy?  It'll make IBM, DEC et al happy--
that I can understand.  Just who is going to be happy that they're jumping
from the AT&T frying pan into the IBM fire?

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