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I'm wondering about the following scenario (call me a dreamer...):

  GNU, the operating system, is completed.  Many people start using
it; perhaps a PC clone manufacturer sells it to their customers.(*)
So the question is:  knowing about the GNU philosophy, will commercial
vendors try to sell (proprietary) software for such a system anyway?
[For example, might we see a version of Looking Glass for GNU on x86?]
What would be the response of users to this?  Perhaps more
importantly, would the corporate customers buy it?  [What if they
could buy a full supermicro running GNU, plus a support contract from
someone, for less than a modern PC Unix like Interactive's or SCO's
costs now with the same hardware?]

Anyone out there have any ideas?  And what about other non-ATT
semi-free Unices, like 4.4 (if they ever get it done)?

-GAWollman


(*) GNU is large enough as it is, without a full operating system,
that it ought to be profitable to do this even if all you're selling
is a tape cartridge or pre-installed hard disk (and there should be a
Garrett A. Wollman - wollman@emily.uvm.edu - kira!wollman

Disclaimer:  I'm not even sure this represents *my* opinion, never
mind UVM's, EMBA's, EMBA-CF's, or indeed anyone else's.