Re: harmful effects of gnu software II

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From: andrew morton
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 01:22

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tzs@stein.u.washington.edu (Tim Smith) writes:

>UNIX is going to be killed by NT.  After reading the latest UnixWorld, I
>believe that.  I didn't before, but the article about Cutler convinces me.
>He's got the experience to write a good OS, and he's got the
>proper motivation: he thinks he was screwed by someone and wants to get
>back at them, and writing a very good OS is the way to do that.

Perhaps, but if he's such a smart cookie how come he designed an
OS that will only run on little-endian machines?

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