On Thu, 26 Jul 2001, Sean 'Captain Napalm' Conner wrote:
    True, but there are some of us that are more
interested in old software
 than the hardware.  I for one, love to study old operating systems and see 
Actually, that sounds like a very worthwhile thing to do. :-)
  just how much has been lost to time in the onslaught
of Microsoft and Unix 
Lots... What do you think about a UNIX-AOS/VS-VMS-MPE-Guardian hybrid?
  (the two worst things to happen to the industry but
some might argue about
 the Unix bit 8-) 
As much as I like UNIX, I'd also like to see more of a variety in the
area of popular operating systems.  Having only UNIX and M$-Windoze as
popular operating systems isn't much of a choice.  Doesn't that limited
choice stifle innovation and creativity?
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