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- From: mleech@bnr.ca (Marcus Leech)
- Subject: Re: LINUX, Unix, and opportunity for change
- Message-ID: <1992Dec19.170143.5265@bcars6a8.bnr.ca>
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- Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Information Techology Division
- References: <1992Dec17.154505.8927@bcars6a8.bnr.ca> <BzGv65.KKI@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil>
- Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 17:01:43 GMT
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- In article <BzGv65.KKI@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil>, dsc3pzp@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil (Philip Perucci) writes:
- |> Then again, let me say I am quite grateful for what has already been
- |> accomplished. Thank-you Linus!!!
- |>
-
- Lest anyone think my post was a shot at Linux and its progenitors--that's
- *not* what I intended.
-
- I see Linux a completely fresh implementation of a Unix-esque system.
- It strikes me as an opportunity to fix many of the long-standing
- problems with Un*x, and to address those areas that the commercial Un*x
- vendors have been either too timid, or too stupid to address.
-
- I think that what Linus and the assembled multitudes here have done is a
- tremendous testament to the vitality of the free sofware "industry". Let's
- leverage that vitality, and build something truly fresh and exciting.
-
- Were it not for the fact that I have a job where everything I create is
- owned by my employer, I'd be as busy as Linus; contributing, rather
- than just pontificating. [Though it's certainly not unheard-of around
- here to be able to release freeware, just rather rare].
-
- --
- Marcus Leech, 4Y11 Bell-Northern Research |opinions expressed
- mleech@bnr.ca P.O. Box 3511, Stn. C |are my own, and not
- ml@ve3mdl.ampr.org Ottawa, ON, CAN K1Y 4H7 |necessarily BNRs
-