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From: fink@nucthy.physics.orst.edu (Paul Fink)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: why no native unix??
Keywords: just asking
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Date: 27 Dec 88 06:41:22 GMT
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In article <1304@fai.UUCP> ronc@fai.fai.com (Ronald O. Christian) writes:
>
>This defeats the purpose:  Consistency of interface is a key issue.
>For exactly the same reason, we are not considering the purchase
>of the X/News merge from Sun.  News might be wonderful, but it only
>works on a Sun.
>
 Consistency of interface is NEVER the issue.
 Closed minds are ALWAYS the problem.

 Why not just get rid of all your machines and go back to Unix ver 7 on a
PDP? Then you don't have to worry abut anybody making improvements that
would force you to read the manual.

         Paul J. Fink Jr.                    Internet:
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