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From: decot@hpisod2.HP.COM (Dave Decot)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Open Software Foundation
Message-ID: <14020042@hpisod2.HP.COM>
Date: 19 May 88 23:24:11 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino
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> The Open Software Foundation has $90Million in funding, and are going
> to be hiring "hundreds" of people.
> 
> I don't care about WHY they're doing it.
> 
> 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.  I only wish they had given the money to GNU (I know
> some people talked to some other people) or UCB.
> 
> Regardless of what happens, it's going to be an exciting time in the ole'
> Unix world.

I agree.  Note that OSF also includes a university research program.

Dave Decot
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