Re: portability

From: Rodrigo Vanegas <vanegas_at_bbn.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 1997 12:30:24 -0500

> Maybe they both will die of irrelevancy because the user community was
> divided to the point where no fragment had critical mass.
>
> If the majority of the activist community united behind Linux, HURD,
> Mach4, or one of the BSD's, there might be enough mass to form a
> marketing arm and destroy Windows, which would be an incredible boon
> to humanity, saving thousands (or even millions, long term) of human
> lives. I do not intend hyperbole here, but admit that the feasibility
> of obtaining such a degree of unity is chimerical.

Oh, but not *nearly* so chimerical as is the hope of defeating
Microsoft or of saving lives(?!) by doing so.

Let's stop this USENET-ish nonsense! This mailing list is for STk and
I don't want to have to unsubscribe.

Rodrigo <Vanegas_at_bbn.com>
Received on Sat Jan 11 1997 - 18:33:26 CET