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In Email, J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> wrote:
> As Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> 
> > 	From the last time I used SCO...why would anyone want it, when
> > there are *better* (IMHO!) Unix variants out like FreeBSD and NetBSD
> > that have always been free...?
> 
> Well, this is nevertheless an interesting action, and perhaps the only
> right thing they can do, now being faced with MicroSnot everywhere...

Of course, they're also opening themselves upto some potential 
embarrasment...  I'm sure lots of potential (WordPerfect) customers were 
really impressed when Corel couldn't even _GIVE_ the thing away.


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