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In article <1992Aug15.183304.4896@chinacat.unicom.com> chip@chinacat.unicom.com (Chip Rosenthal) writes:
>In article <THCI8OC@taronga.com> peter@taronga.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
>>Right. Conceivably they could call it Idris, QNX, Coherent, OS/9, Minix,
>>or Linux. It's a long shot, but who knows... :->

>How many of those would you use to run your business, or do your
>schematic capture and simulation, or other real work?

Well, I have consulted for people using Idris to run THEIR businesses.
Regulus, too, one I forgot. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Coherent,
QNX, or OS/9 for the same purpose. Minix and Linux are less professional,
but so is 386BSD... BSDI demonstrates that they have potential.

>Is there a point to this message, or are you just working to make sure
>you reach your monthly quota for kilobytes posted?

Yes, there's a point. That is, that there *are* a number of viable
operating systems without a skerrick of AT&T code, without any shadow
hanging over them, and with in many cases a better fundamental design
than BSD or System V. BSDI isn't the only game in town, by any means,
though it's certainly a very exciting development and I would be pretty
upset to see it vanish into the maw of the Death Star.

I'm really disturbed when I see professional and intelligent people
making decisions based on emotional claims. You want to fight AT&T:
then help *everyone* who's offering an alternative. Don't pretend that
they don't exist.
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