From: Peter da Silva (peter@ferranti.com)
Date: 11/28/92


From: peter@ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Alpha release Linux/GNU/X unix clone on CDROM for PCs
Date: 28 Nov 1992 20:27:05 GMT

In article <1992Nov28.183309.29477@u.washington.edu> tzs@carson.u.washington.edu (Tim Smith) writes:
> Why was it Bill Gates?

The rest of us were unwilling to produce less than the best product we could,
and unwilling to discard a technically superior design in favor of one which,
while tragically crippled, would make us more money.

That's also why Jobs and Wozniak aren't in charge at Apple any more.

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