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From: ned@moivre.ACA.MCC.COM (Ned Nowotny)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: IBM's NeXT User Interface
Keywords: UNIX, NeXT, AIX, AT&T, Sun, IBM
Message-ID: <45@moivre.ACA.MCC.COM>
Date: 1 Oct 88 00:01:05 GMT
References: <417@nikhefk.UUCP> <3705@Portia.Stanford.EDU> <6258@ihlpf.ATT.COM>
Reply-To: ned@moivre.aca.mcc.com.UUCP (Ned Nowotny)
Organization: MCC  Austin, Texas
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In article <6258@ihlpf.ATT.COM> straka@ihlpf.UUCP (55223-Straka,R.J.) writes:
>In article <3705@Portia.Stanford.EDU> mouser@portia.stanford.edu (Michael Wang) writes:
>>In the interest of creating one unified UNIX that incorporates all the good 
>>features of the current UNIXs, AT&T bought a majority stake in Sun 
>                                              ^^^^^^^^
>Point of information:  The stake was a minority one, ~~15% +-5%.  If AT&T had
>bought a MAJORITY interest in Sun, it would have effectively controlled the
>company lock, stock & barrel (whatever that means).
         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Think flintlock rifle.

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Ned Nowotny (ned@mcc.com or {ihnp4,seismo,ucb-vax,gatech}!cs.utexas.edu!pp!ned)