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Date:      Wed, 08 Oct 1997 14:51:46 +0930
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Wes Peters <softweyr@xmission.com>
Cc:        Peter Dufault <dufault@hda.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Digital, Intel, Silicon Graphics (fwd) 
Message-ID:  <199710080521.OAA00955@word.smith.net.au>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 07 Oct 1997 22:53:50 CST." <199710080453.WAA00697@obie.softweyr.ml.org> 

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> Think this guy included *BSD, Linux, or even SCO shipments?

Nope.  And in fact BSD/Linux/SCO/Intel Solaris systems probably get 
counted as "Wintel" if they go onto shrinkwrap hardware due to the good 
ol' OEM licensing scheme that MS use.

>  Or was he
> just counting "boxes" from the big UNIX guys?  And, exactly what is
> UNIX?  Should the millions of licenses for VxWorks, QNX, LynxOS, and
> other UNIX-like embedded systems count?

It's almost certain that this posting was either a troll or someone 
trying to angle things to their advantage.

mike





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