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From: geller@rlgvax.UUCP (David Geller)
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Subject: Re: S1 -- consider it fraud??
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Date: Mon, 6-Aug-84 14:39:10 EDT
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Perhaps UNIX is an old horse. I don't, however, agree with this notion.
There still remains a great need for UNIX systems and software and I
suspect that this need will remain constant for several years. Living and
working in the Washington area (one large military base) I can say,
for certain, that UNIX is and will remain a very important element in
computer systems and services for the Federal Government. There seems to
be this misconception that ADA was supposed to be the end all language
and environment for computing for the military. Unless I'm mistaken ADA
was meant only to serve specialized programming needs and that other
operating systems such as UNIX would become the defacto standards for
generalized systems and facilites. I do agree, though, that there are a
great many applications where UNIX could be somewhat less than ideal.
Perhaps we could see some more details about S1 on the net.

						David Geller
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