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From: mark@mamab.UUCP (Mark Woodruff)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: DDJ article / UNIX vs BS/2
Message-ID: <1165.23B5F282@mamab.UUCP>
Date: 25 Dec 88 21:56:27 GMT
Organization: FidoNet node 363/9 - MaMaB--The Machine, Orlando FL
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 > From: bob@imspw6.UUCP (Bob Burch)
 > Date: 23 Dec 88 13:08:15 GMT
 > Message-ID: <209@imspw6.UUCP>


 > wistfully, "Gee, if I only hadn't bought this ____ed-up lemon with this
 > non-portable operating system........."
 
My personal rule of thumb:
 
If the performance to price of hardware is increasing faster than software, 
then a portable operating system is more cost effective than a proprietary 
one.
 
mark 


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