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midrange-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > 10. Innovation in software (was RE: IBM loses its Unix license - > Jun. 16, 2003) (James Rich) > >It is innovation that is the issue (that's what we were talking about, >right?). I thought it was innovation at the OS level. > I would disagree that unix helped spur the internet, I think >that by and large unix was and is the internet. Think about it. What >until very recently was the largest volume traffic? email. Mostly >handled by sendmail or some other unix program. ... > DNS? handled by BIND ... Web >servers ... NCSA httpd and apache ... >IRC, IM, etc. ... FTP? ... > Newsgroups? ... telnet, >ssh, pop (server), whois ... ...and aren't all of those applications? Maybe I don't understand Unix well enough. Tom Liotta -- Tom Liotta The PowerTech Group, Inc. 19426 68th Avenue South Kent, WA 98032 Phone 253-872-7788 x313 Fax 253-872-7904 http://www.powertechgroup.com __________________________________________________________________ McAfee VirusScan Online from the Netscape Network. Comprehensive protection for your entire computer. Get your free trial today! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/computing/mcafee/index.jsp?promo=393397 Get AOL Instant Messenger 5.1 free of charge. Download Now! http://aim.aol.com/aimnew/Aim/register.adp?promo=380455
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