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From: Jim Bennett jwb@almaren.org
Subject: [9fans] AT&T
Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 20:36:01 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20000514013601.ZVl7gMBUmYpLy2Po1S2nM4BWfi1-ujXlH4DOSMlx2pE@z> (raw)

jhs@labrea.research.att.com wrote:
>
> |I'd certainly be interested in a Open Source clone of Plan 9 to point of
> |spending my own time and money to that end. The less that goes to ATT (for
> |their non-action/support) the better.
>
> Since Bell Labs hasn't been part of AT&T since 1995, I don't think you
> need worry yourself overmuch about this.


I'm sorry to but in, but AT&T doesn't quite deserve this kind of
scorn.  They might be poked fun at, for not really knowing how to
market anything that is NOT "telephone" related (UNIX, "BellMac32",
Hobbit, the list is quite long).  But they're NOT an "evil empire".

[No matter what "TPC" did in "The President's Analyst".  :>D  :>D]

JB
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             reply	other threads:[~2000-05-14  1:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2000-05-14  1:36 Jim [this message]
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2000-05-14  9:57 Lucio
2000-05-14  9:25 Lucio
2000-05-14  0:59 Jim
2000-05-14  0:58 jhs
2000-05-14  0:33 Jim

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