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Subject: Re: Anti-Unix Site Runs Unix
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Brett writes:

> Again, you must be a Microsoft shill.

In other words, you disagree.

> NO ONE had a billion dollars to pour into
> software development then ...

Oh, a few companies probably did.  Just not Microsoft.

> ... in fact, Microsoft does not spend that
> much on it now.

Not true.  There are some individual products, in fact, that have cost
roughly the same order of money, and I've no doubt that total development
costs for multiple products run well into the billions.

> Since you appear to be a Microsoft employee
> yourself, it seems logical that you would
> make that self-serving claim.

I don't work for anyone, actually.


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