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From: rogers@ofc.Columbia.NCR.COM (H. L. Rogers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: AT&T Joining OSF
Keywords: OSF now respectable?
Message-ID: <213@ofc.Columbia.NCR.COM>
Date: 26 Jul 88 17:19:44 GMT
References: <347@spies.UUCP>
Reply-To: hl.rogers@ncrcae.Columbia.NCR.COM (H. L. Rogers)
Organization: NCR Corp, E&M-Columbia, W Columbia, SC
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In article <347@spies.UUCP>  writes:
>Well, boys and girls, according to today's Computer World, ATT has decided
>to join OSF!! They are submitting Open Look as OSFix's interface standard,
>replying to the OSF RFP.  Waddya think?  Does this mean a still more
>radical revision of Sys V rev 4's licensing terms?
>
>Us Inquiring Minds want to know!

With all due respect to those of you who wear the blue suits (as in
Big Blue), I hope this means the development base for "OSFix"
becomes SVR4 instead of AIX.  AIX may be a great implementation,
but its performance metrics leave a bit to be desired.  

Does AT&T membership give respectability to the OSF crowd?
-- 
HL Rogers    (hl.rogers@ncrcae.Columbia.NCR.COM)