Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 11:24:29 -0500 From: Bob Willcox <bob@pmr.com> To: chat list <freebsd-chat@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Conclusion to "NT vs. Unix" debate Message-ID: <19970903112429.34614@pmr.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970903182956.29475B-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee>; from Narvi on Wed, Sep 03, 1997 at 06:39:06PM %2B0300 References: <199709030632.AAA12695@obie.softweyr.ml.org> <Pine.BSF.3.96.970903182956.29475B-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee>
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On Wed, Sep 03, 1997 at 06:39:06PM +0300, Narvi wrote: > > On Wed, 3 Sep 1997, Wes Peters wrote: > > > Conclusions? We don't allow no steenking conclusions here! > > > > [snip] > > > Motorola. IBM. Hitachi. NEC. Fujitsu, now the world's second largest > > computer company, and very loud about it. etc. Of course, all of them > > but Motorola also make WinTel machines. Personally, I think it stupid > > that Moto and IBM didn't pick up support for NT on CHRP when MS dumped > > it; they're doing themselves a great disservice. AIX, bad as it is, is > > better than NT, but "will it run Word?" > > Well, the rumour goes that MS wanted 300M for continuing to support PPC in > future versions. It seems they didn't consider it worth that amount of > money? Would you? I know I certainly wouldn't. :-) I had the "opportunity" to run NT on some PPC systems while still at IBM and I have to say I didn't like it any more on those systems than I do on Intel systems. -- Bob Willcox Deliberation, n.: The act of examining one's bread bob@luke.pmr.com to determine which side it is buttered on. Austin, TX -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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