Date: Fri, 25 Jul 1997 00:15:58 +0200 (CEST) From: Mikael Karpberg <karpen@ocean.campus.luth.se> To: jack@diamond.xtalwind.net (jack) Cc: jfieber@indiana.edu, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bloated operating systems Message-ID: <199707242215.AAA29519@ocean.campus.luth.se> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970724174551.3082C-100000@zeus.xtalwind.net> from jack at "Jul 24, 97 05:49:17 pm"
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According to jack: > On Thu, 24 Jul 1997, John Fieber wrote: > > > This microsoft quote from an infoworld article caught my eye: > > > > "We have no intention of shipping another bloated OS and shoving > > it down the throats of our users," Maritz said regarding the concept > > of delivering JFCs on top of the Windows operating system. > > > > So, microsoft has decided to change their ways? > > Probably not. I parse that to mean, "We will ship and shove down our > users throats another bloated OS that does not include JFCs.". Probably more like "We will ship and shove down our users throats another bloated OS which includes for example AFCs, but not JFCs, because that would promote something that doesn't force the user to stay with windows." /Mikael
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