Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!alberta!ubc-cs!uw-beaver!cornell!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!halley!bc From: bc@halley.UUCP (Bill Crews) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: IBM's influence on OSF (Re: AT&T Joining OSF) Keywords: flame, personal opinion and observation Message-ID: <387@halley.UUCP> Date: 19 Aug 88 01:43:36 GMT References: <347@spies.UUCP> <670025@hpclscu.HP.COM> <4459@cbmvax.UUCP> <384@halley.UUCP> <3345@ihlpe.ATT.COM> Reply-To: bc@halley.UUCP (Bill Crews) Organization: Tandem Computers, Austin, TX Lines: 19 In article <3345@ihlpe.ATT.COM> res@ihlpe.ATT.COM (Rich Strebendt) writes: >In article <384@halley.UUCP>, bc@halley.UUCP (Bill Crews) writes: >>[Bash of pre-IBM-PC 8080 machines] >>[Bash of pre-1981 CP/M] > >Bull roar. > >I have an 8-year old Radio Shack Model II. It has not trashed a disk >since I first powered it up. [Blah, blah, blah, ...] Well, it seems I have started something here. Whatever it is, it does NOT belong in comp.unix.wizards. I would recommend following up to comp.os.cpm or comp.sys.ibm.pc. Since I don't read those groups, I won't be able to join in the fun (ugh). Feel free to e-mail me your refutations, if you like. -bc -- Bill Crews bc@halley.UUCP (512) 244-8350 ..!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!halley!bc