Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) Subject: Re: O'pain Software Foundation: (2) Why is it better than AT&T? Message-ID: <1988Jun6.005241.7481@utzoo.uucp> Keywords: OSF, AT&T, standards, competition Organization: U of Toronto Zoology References: <3c67f93d.ddc1@apollo.uucp> Date: Mon, 6 Jun 88 00:52:41 GMT > ... Having a 'standard' defined by one (or two) companies' > proprietary system may not be a good idea... An amusing sidelight on this one is that in a talk a while ago here, some Sun folks criticized MSDOS et al for being controlled by two companies! They didn't have a satisfactory answer when I challenged them about it. -- "For perfect safety... sit on a fence| Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology and watch the birds." --Wilbur Wright| {ihnp4,decvax,uunet!mnetor}!utzoo!henry