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From: alien@cpoint.UUCP (Alien Wells)
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Subject: Re: Op Environment vs Op System (was: NeXT not revolutionary enough?)
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Date: 30 Nov 88 21:04:00 GMT
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>						Also, MULTICS was
>built on a GE 645 (I think that's the right number), which went to
>Honeywell when GE left the computer biz.

Please ... let's not forget that Xerox tried to be a computer company way
back when.  GE sold the system to Xerox, who then sold it to Honeywell ...