Re: Linux vs the alleged MS "monopoly"

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From: John Miles
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 00:00

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Richard Krehbiel wrote:
> 
> John Miles wrote in message <36354FC1.2AB2@pop.removethistomailme.net>...
> >Peter da Silva wrote:
> >
> ><snip>
> >> Bill Gates wouldn't have had the opportunity to demonstrate how much he
> >> sucked if the US Government hadn't already handed him his monopoly on
> >> such things as bogus algorithm patents and a fraudulent FIPS-151
> >><snip>
> >
> >I'll admit that I don't know what a "FIPS-151 qualification" is, or how
> >it might affect my life,
> 
> FIPS-151 requires government-procured operating systems to be
> Posix-compliant....
> <snip>

OK, gotcha.  Thanks.

-- jm

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