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From: Thant Tessman <thant@acm.org>
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Subject: Re: Using Ada for device drivers? (Was: the Ada mandate, and why
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Preben Randhol wrote:
> soft-eng wrote:
> 
>>Unix, once the forefront of operating system thought,
>>is now obsolete. 
> 
> 
> I bet your real name is Steve Ballmer.
> 

He he! It's the only explanation for such an absurd statement. Unix was 
never the forefront, and the only popular alternative is worse!

-thant