"Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED], on 01 Dec 2001: >> >> Yeah... Sure. You seem to imply that the Mac going bye bye would >> affect Unix somehow? The Mac does not compete in the same market >> as Unix. The Mac has no bearing on Unix at all. > > Yes, I am - because if Apple was gone, Gates could consentrate > all his efforts at buying up or killing open source for UNIX and > other products. You better thank your lucky stars tha Mac is > around. Its a deversion for Mr Gates to not place 100% of his > efforts against UNIX and Open Source.
You can't "buy up" Unix. Hell, let Bill Gates try to take on Unix in the server market. Never happen. Unix is too powerful. And since it's open source, you can take plain vanilla unix and craft it to anything to suit your needs. Can't do that with any MS product. Bring it on, Mr. Gates, Open Source is here to stay and there is no way Microsoft could eliminate *nix (MS has been trying to eliminate Linux for years, still not happening. In fact, Linux has *gained* market share) -- ICQ: N/A (temporarily) AIM: FlyersR1 9 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ = m
