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To: Dan B. who wrote (9315)	4/26/1998 2:41:00 PM
From: micromike	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 64865

I'm not sure if this has been posted but here is a interesting article. The new Unix alters NT's orbit ncworldmag.com Unix in general is making a comeback due to the Internet Unix on Intel is invading IT both overtly and covertly Premature competition between Windows NT vs. Unix on Intel is exposing flaws in NT Poor timing is causing Moore's law to work against NT since Moore's Law helps the emerging Unix competition as much as it does NT. (Many thanks to the readers who wanted this point clarified. --Ed.) Competitive threats on other fronts are pushing NT in conflicting directions --- How do you say Not There. Mike

To: Dan B. who wrote (9315)	4/27/1998 12:51:00 AM
From: Don Potenza	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

Dear Dan, Correct me if I am wrong, but I seem to remember, on the PBS show "Revenge of the Nerds" that Bill Gates hired someone to copy DOS from some guy in San Francisco that had developed it ( a hippie type that didn't want to deal with IBM), and thus the birth of DOS.... There seems to be a similiarity here with Microsoft "stealing " the MAC interface from Apple, and then winning the court battle in the same way that OJ won his court battle (with "better" lawyers). THAT is why I still use a MAC, after being ridiculed by "friends" at the time who called the MAC platform a "toy". - right - Apple set the standards, and Microsoft reaps the profits - same deal with their stance against Netscape - makes me sick.... Don Corleone