Roy J. Tellason wrote in a message to Jack Stein:

 RJT> That's one of the reasons I'm getting into Linux here...   
 RJT> :-) 

 JS> I think thats a good move, but since IBM is buying into RedHat, 
 JS> I expect them to (try) and find a way to keep it from hurting 
 JS> MS, just as they insured OS/2 would not kill WIN.  This is pure 
 JS> paranoia I know, but it's _my_ paranoia, and based on 
 JS> substantial historical data.

 RJT> They may just try,  but I don't think they'll succeed.

I hope you're right, but, I have serious reservations.  The power of MS, IBM,
INTEL and ZIFF-DAVIS cannot easily be under-rated.  Who would ever guess that
25 years after the worlds greatest OS was presented to the world, the world
would be totally dominated by the likes of DOS/WIN, the worlds worst OS's for
at least 15 years running?   It boggles the mind, doesn't it?  

                                              Jack 
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