[rescue] Compaq Proliant 8000

[Dave McGuire]

On Apr 29, 2004, at 5:34 PM, Joshua Boyd wrote:
>>> and sadly that's because they're trying to pull a microsoft and keep
>>> their arch/os to themselves.  think where it'd be if they opened up.
>>
>> Yes, let's ask NeXT and BeOS where that got them.  Oh, wait...
>
> You mean being the second most used desktop os,

   Irrelevant argument.  Parts of MacOS X trace their lineage back to 
NeXTSTEP, but that doesn't mean MacOS X is NeXTSTEP.

>  and the second most used handheld OS (OK, that's a stretch for BeOS)?

   Uhhhhh, what?  I'm interested to know what you're talking about here.

   But frankly, if it's more than a stretch than your NeXT point above, 
don't bother explaining it. ;)

       -Dave

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