From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Jun 12 13:04:50 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id NAA17800 for isp-outgoing; Thu, 12 Jun 1997 13:04:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from user.xtdl.com (user.xtdl.com [206.25.228.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id NAA17787 for ; Thu, 12 Jun 1997 13:04:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from sderdau@localhost) by user.xtdl.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) id QAA06900; Thu, 12 Jun 1997 16:16:54 -0400 Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 16:16:54 -0400 (EDT) From: "Stephen A. Derdau" To: "Victor A. Sudakov" cc: "Pedro F. Giffuni" , isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Internet providers discouraging customers from unix In-Reply-To: <199706121353.VAA10547@vas.tomsk.su> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Shhhhhh don't say that......You dont know who is listening. Probably cutting and pasting everything and getting a laugh in the end. Stephen A. Derdau XTDL inc 603 4714700 "It's just a matter of perspective" On Thu, 12 Jun 1997, Victor A. Sudakov wrote: > 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 >