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   Ugh. More UNIX weenies trying to determine our future.

   "I guess it's better than having them pump quarters in Pac-Man games...
   "            - John C. Dvorak

   Not always! Sometimes computer companies listen to them and lose their
   shirts (e.g. Fortune Systems).

   It's 1988 and UNIX still S*cks. GEM ain't the greatest, and I'd rather
   have X, but I have to have a brain-damaged operating system that's older
   RT-11, for pity's sake! No thanks, I'll pass.

   Besides it usually isn't GEM; it's usually TOS. Yes, TOS is awful. Can
   you say "CP/M with fender flares"? I knew you could. But UNIX is even
   worse... (Hmm, you'd never know I'm a VMS person, would you :-)
    "UNIX compatibility is snake oil."
                              - Ken H. Olson

   Henry B. Messenger (DEC can have its own opinions, I have mine)