> The Subject line: 6 new stories added to October's SunWorld!
>
> October 21, 1996
> * Gates serves up NT as Unix flavor
> Unix Expo's second keynote speaker was none other than Bill Gates.
> He called Windows NT just another Unix, and chided Zander and Sun
> for not joining the PC bandwagon.
>
What a bunch of BS!!! Now he's claiming that it's a dessert topping
as well as a floor wax. Yeah right! Just because it has some POSIX
in it doesn't make it UNIX.
> > * Sun releases JavaChip silicon specs
> > Sun says the picoJava 1 chip will deliver up to 20 times the
> > performance of X86 chips and be found in many electronic devices
> > by the middle of next year.
I was expecting this, a Java engine in hardware. This will used
to power VCR's and Microwave ovens, etc. I remember Bill G. suggesting
Windows technology be used for this kind of thing. Java's a much
better choice.
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