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From: aad@stpstn.UUCP (Anthony A. Datri)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: Bastard protocol families?
Message-ID: <2091@stpstn.UUCP>
Date: 13 Sep 88 04:44:35 GMT
References: <348@eagle_snax.UUCP>
Reply-To: aad@stpstn.UUCP (Anthony A. Datri)
Organization: The Stepstone Corporation, Sandy Hook, CT
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In article <348@eagle_snax.UUCP> geoff@eagle_snax.UUCP ( R.H. coast near the top) writes:
>     "Apple's interest in TCP/IP will legitimize the protocol in much
>     the same manner that A/UX legitimized UNIX," said Vint Cerf,
>     Vice President of ... a nonprofit thinktank in Reston VA.

This is remarkably similar to the DG ad described in "Soul of a New Machine"
which said something like "IBM says its entry into the minicomputer market
will legitimize it.  The bastards say 'Welcome.'", which I howled over.
Of course, to this day, the best use I've seen for an IBM mini is the
Series/1 at CMU's ITC that works the badge readers and the Coke machine.
Saying that A/UX legitimized unix would be like saying that our sun ipc board
legitimized msdos.....
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