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From: jr@bbn.com (John Robinson)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: ./etc/APPLE.  No Free Software for Mac users.
Message-ID: <30715@bbn.COM>
Date: 11 Oct 88 20:42:04 GMT
References: <532@comdesign.CDI.COM> <841@gmdzi.UUCP>
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In-reply-to: thomas@gmdzi.UUCP (Thomas Gordon)

In article <841@gmdzi.UUCP>, thomas@gmdzi (Thomas Gordon) writes:
>Consider this:  Anything which makes Apple's A/UX more attractive may 
>cause some current or potential Mac OS users to switch to UNIX, thus 
>freeing them from their dependency on Apple.  If RSM *really* wants to
>decrease Apple's power to monopolize he should be putting extra effort into
>an A/UX version of the GNU software, rather than neglecting A/UX.

Wait wait wait.  Following this logic a step further says the the
MacII ought to be among the first target machine for GNU itself.
Suppose you could get a tape (oops, set of floppies or CD/ROM) from
FSF with GNU software: Unix, emacs, gcc, gdb, g++, etc. plus X-windows
(MIT owns it; distribution is free) plus maybe some other nice user
interface stuff, like maybe Interviews, all for $150 to $200.  Would
you cough up for A/UX plus its set of tools from Apple?  Think about
it.
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/jr
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