Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!mit-eddie!apollo!gallen From: gallen@apollo.uucp (Gary Allen) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: O'pain Software Foundation: (2) Why is it better than AT&T? Message-ID: <3c80adf6.4bee@apollo.uucp> Date: 6 Jun 88 18:52:00 GMT References: <356@mipseast.mips.COM> <1962@ssc-vax.UUCP> <55368@sun.uucp> Reply-To: gallen@gallen.UUCP (Gary Allen) Organization: Apollo Computer, Chelmsford, MA Lines: 23 In article <55368@sun.uucp> guy@gorodish.Sun.COM (Guy Harris) writes: >Even for the majors that do sell non-UNIX OSes in competition with UNIX, I see >no indication that any of them are, as corporations, solidly opposed to UNIX. >I suspect there are camps within IBM and DEC, at least, that would like UNIX to >go away (I think Apollo, whose own OS may not be as able to stand on its own as >VMS or some of IBM's can, is less likely to have such camps); however, I >suspect that there are also camps within IBM and DEC that would like their >companies to get a significant share of the UNIX market. Refreshing! Finally, someone with an IQ larger than a medium-sized grapefruit! Apollo wants (as I'm sure does Sun, AT&T, IBM, etc) a share of everything. We sell what customers demand, not what some little geek CS major from Some-U finds ideologically appealing. Gary Allen Apollo Computer Chelmsford, Ma {decvax,yale,umix}!apollo!gallen Behind every great computer Sits a skinny little geek. -- Charles LaQuidera WBCN radio, Boston