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- From: dreier@phnom-penh.berkeley.edu (Roland Dreier)
- Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss
- Subject: Re: Apple/Novell merger discussed
- Date: 17 Dec 92 11:36:57
- Organization: U.C. Berkeley Math. Department.
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- References: <suLVVB13w165w@mantis.co.uk> <724526532snx@crynwr.com>
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- In-reply-to: nelson@crynwr.com's message of Wed, 16 Dec 92 17:22:12 GMT
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- In article <724526532snx@crynwr.com> nelson@crynwr.com (Russell Nelson) writes:
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- In article <suLVVB13w165w@mantis.co.uk> mathew writes:
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- bskendig@netcom.com (Brian Kendig) writes:
- > San Jose Mercury News via First!: Executives of Apple Computer Inc.
- > and Novell Inc. have engaged in top-level discussions in recent weeks
- > about the possibility of rewriting the rules of the computing world by
- > merging their two companies into an $8 billion hardware-software
- > giant.
-
- That would be interesting. We'd get to see whether the FSF would stick
- to their professed principles and boycott DOS machines.
-
- Being ridiculous as usual, eh? DOS machines do more than run DOS.
- They also run Linux very well. In fact, Linux runs a LOT faster on a
- DOS machine than DOS does. Something about using it like a 32-bit
- machine instead of an 8-bit machine.
-
- I think, by definition, a DOS machine runs DOS. The hardware may also
- run Linux, but that's missing the point. If you run Linux on a PC
- clone, it is a Linux machine, not a DOS machine. It is quite possible
- to support Linux while boycotting MS-DOS.
- --
- Roland Dreier dreier@math.berkeley.edu
-