John Thompson wrote in a message to Jack Stein:

 JT> In a message to Steven Thompson, Jack Stein wrote re: It's
 JT> over. Period. 

JS> You heard of LINUX right?  AT&T owned that, lock stock and barrel, yet,
 JT> Linus
JS> managed to clone the damn thing, didn't he?

 JT> Not quite... 

I know, brain fart there, I know Linus didn't clone his own OS:-)
I meant to say UNIX, not Linux..

 JT> Torvalds wanted a free, Unix-like operating system for his
 JT> PC. Minix was all there was at the time and he decided he
 JT> would write his own kernel and the rest is history.  

Yes, I know.  And LINUX is POSIX compatable now, which means it is a clone of
UNIX SYSTEM V, which the UNIX POSIX standards are based on.  By "clone" I
don't mean an exact duplicate, I mean it walks like a duck, talks like a duck, 
and looks like a duck, but not really a duck, at least not exactly that
duck...

                                              Jack 
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