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lynx-dev M$ vs Korn


From: Philip Webb
Subject: lynx-dev M$ vs Korn
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1998 17:24:16 -0400 (EDT)

980908 Laura Eaves shared some laughs with us: 
> > > >> >
  ^^^^^^^^ : maybe delete these next time?

> Greg Sullivan, a Microsoft product manager (henceforth MPM), was
> holding forth on a forthcoming product that will provide Unix
> style scripting and shell services on NT for compatibility
> and to leverage UNIX expertise that moves to the NT platform.
>
> A man, probably mid-50s, stands up in the back of the room and asserts
> that Microsoft could have done better with their choice of Korn shell.
> The MPM said that the MKS shell was pretty compatible
> and should be able to run all UNIX scripts.
> This assertion and counter assertion went back and forth for a bit,
> when another member of the audience announced the questioner was
> David Korn of AT&T (now Lucent) Bell Labs, author of the Korn shell.
> Uproarious laughter burst forth from the audience.
> What's a body to do when Microsoft reality collides with everyone elses? 
 
what Congress did with Standard Oil 86 years ago, 
back when the USA still had a functioning system of government.
meanwhile, the rest of us can do our termite thing developing freeware.

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