From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Jun 12 11:28:32 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA12476 for isp-outgoing; Thu, 12 Jun 1997 11:28:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mpeks.tomsk.su (mpeks.tomsk.su [193.124.182.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id LAA12348 for ; Thu, 12 Jun 1997 11:26:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from root@localhost) by mpeks.tomsk.su (8.6.11/8.6.9) with UUCP id CAA27183; Fri, 13 Jun 1997 02:18:11 +0800 Received: (from vas@localhost) by vas.tomsk.su (8.8.5/8.8.3) id VAA10547; Thu, 12 Jun 1997 21:53:13 +0800 (TSD) From: "Victor A. Sudakov" Message-Id: <199706121353.VAA10547@vas.tomsk.su> Subject: Re: Internet providers discouraging customers from unix To: pgiffuni@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co (Pedro F. Giffuni) Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 21:53:12 +0800 (TSD) Cc: isp@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <339E507A.5845@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co> from "Pedro F. Giffuni" at "Jun 11, 97 00:15:06 am" Organization: Tomsk Region Education Department X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Pedro F. Giffuni wrote: > Victor A. Sudakov wrote: > > > > Stephen A. Derdau wrote: > > > O yes os/2 as well......What diffrence should it make to this providers. > > > As long as their running tcp/ip any os should be acceptable? > > > > I can already see the future. Imagine the "Microsoft Internet (R)" and > > "TCP/IP Designed for Windows 95 (R)". And ISPs will have to be licensed and > > certified by Microsoft. We shall be the extinct minority with our unices and > > shall have to support MIP (R) - Microsoft Internet Protocol. > > > This is called "embrace and extend" :-(. Yes. The way an octopus kills its prey. -- Victor Sudakov http://www.tomsk.su/r/persons/vas.htm