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.
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