XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.os.linux.misc   
   From: joelcrump@gmail.com   
      
   clinker  wrote:   
      
   >Not to derail this thread, which is a good one, but it is possible an   
   >operating system will be developed that threaten both Linux and Windows   
   >existence as it is known today.   
   >   
   >OS2 had a good run for example. It is still alive and well in some   
   >proprietary industrial equipment because it is impervious to hacks as no   
   >one remembers it.   
      
      
   Windows and Linux each have ongoing markets for themselves, as does   
   Apple, sure something else can crop up but it's reinventing the wheel   
   at some point, what Linux shows in how it got its name is that one   
   person can make a kernel if he has the window of opportunity -   
   Torvalds may have thought of it more as a personal project with the   
   new hardware, at first, but it turned into the real thing.  Really a   
   genius guy.   
      
   --   
   Joel W. Crump   
      
   Amendment XIV   
   Section 1.   
      
   [...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall   
   abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the   
   United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of   
   life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;   
   nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal   
   protection of the laws.   
      
   Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent.  States are   
   liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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