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To: joe who wrote (24211)	11/7/1998 1:25:00 AM
From: miklosh	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 45548

OT <IBM just bought out SCO> What??? When was this news first made public? Could you please post the source for this? thanks miklosh

To: joe who wrote (24211)	11/7/1998 12:53:00 PM
From: Steve Porter	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 45548

Joe, Nothing wrong with that. Other folks have made their bread and butter on other platforms. So be it. Yes, and I'm sure the choice is easy for them.. you see the kinds of things i like to build are just so much more potentially lucrative when you have a huge user base to sell to. IMO, languages and OSs are going to be changing in many more ways that we can imagine. IBM just bought out SCO. I think SCO is big on PC UNIX systems. I don't know how legit IBM's strategy is, but it's a big move on their part and they will probably pump lot of $$ into beefing up UNIX, How many times has this thing been owned by different folks now. IBM is the last one that we needed to get into UNIX IMHO. I would like UNIX so much more if it was standard.. that really should be the next thing that is done with UNIX in order to make it more palattable.. I mean look at Linux, there are no less than 5 different versions (maybe more).. that's too much of a nightmare. since NT definitely is vulnerable in certain areas Wait till you see NT 5.0.. it has a lot of fatures that rival UNIX.. actually NT 5.0 is really well built and exposes a lot of functionality that until now has been buried because it simply wasn't ready (NT is very powerful if you know where to dig, for example did you know that NTFS supports links ala UNIX, yup it does.. you just have to know about it ;-), same with mount points ) IMO, LINUX is going to be MSFT's biggest competitor. Not because I'm in love with LINUX, but the concept of open-source software can be pretty powerful. Yes and pretty damned scarey for 90% of the population. Geeks like you and me have no problem with it, but the general public would be absolutely terrified at the idea of having to rebuild the kernel to include support for their sound blaster! I suspect MSFT will somehow overcome it, but it will be fun to watch and hopefully it will improve OS technology across the board. This is the only good thing about the UNIX/NT wars.. it's pushing both systems forward from beyond where anyone ever saw them going and I think that's great. One thing though. The speed of changes in technology are coming faster and faster, and it's nuts to try to think anyone has a hold on it. That's partly why I think this MSFT court trial is BS. This MS thing is BS.. that's the truth. Everyone was saying the same thing about IBM before MS came along.. everyone will say the same thing about whoever knocks off MS.. and so on.. it happens and the best thing for the government to do is stay the &() out of it IMHO.. (ps Microsoft is doing the same thing every other company is trying to do, that is put the competition out of business, they are just too damned good at doing it) Tech to me is a tool, it's not a way of life.* I would like to expand on that a little. Tech is a tool that impacts the way of life.. Steve

To: joe who wrote (24211)	11/7/1998 1:20:00 PM
From: Steve Porter	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 45548

Joe, (THIS POST CONTAINS FOUL LANGUAGE, READ AT YOUR OWN RISK) Bye Linux! cnn.com Microsoft will do this once this antitrust thing is over. There is no way the courts could possibly get mad at MS for wanting to sue over patentn infringement.. isn't that WHY YOU CREATE FUC&ING PATENTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm sorry but the DOJ is so full of $HIT.. they should all be dragged out and shot in public, why: 1) they are wasting money. Even if you do win against microsoft what the &UCK are you going to do to them.. they are too important to the ENTIRE PC industry (I'm sorry folks LInux ain't ready for 95% of the users yet) (by now I should be off the screen) 2) They are getting mad at Microsoft for wanting to defend their IP.. come on.. if you can't defend your patents what the fuck does the patent office exist for. 3) What is MS doing that Netscape, SUN, or anyone else wouldn't do?.. absolutely nothing. Look at SUN. They are giving away JAVA FOR NOTHING TO KNOCK MS OUT OF OFFICE. They are using their monopolistic position on the internet to push Java. what a crock of shit! Steve PS. Pissed off because I'm sick and tired of this shit!