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From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
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Subject: Re: Microsoft Advocacy?
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Anthony Atkielski wrote:
> Terry writes:
> > Anthony is pretty much here (and on -chat) as a
> > Microsoft appologist and advocate.
> 
> That is your opinion, and not an established fact.
> 
> > Basically, it's OK for FreeBSD to be anywhere
> > Microsoft doesn't currently want, but if you try
> > and push it somewhere they've peed (or Apple tries
> > to push it in one of those places), then it's
> > "obviously ill suited, and can never be made
> > to work" (paraphrasing).
> 
> Who are you paraphrasing?  I don't believe Microsoft has made any statements
> either way about FreeBSD.  No flavor of UNIX has any significant share of
> the desktop market; in fact, all flavors of UNIX put together do not have a
> significant share of that market.

I'm paraphrasing you.

And that last statement pretty well establishes it, doesn't it?

-- Terry

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