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Re: Here comes Cairo (again)!

Hi:

So, DeCoudras, what did you have in mind? I've been evangelizing everyone
in my life to make
the switch to Darwin/OS X and have been successful in some people, which I'm
happy to announce.
Any suggestions?

B. Rose

> We gotta get things fired up around here you know! Time for Darwin to
shake rattle
> and roll! Did anyone see the story on News.com last weekend about
Microsoft trying
> to bring Cairo back from the dead, which it started in 1992? They want an
Object Filing
> System (OFS) to rule the planet in the next iteration of Windows. Ladies
and gents, for
> a trip down memory lane, Cairo was a direct response to the threat that
NeXT at one
> time imposed. Microsoft didn't know how much of a thorn NeXT would (or
would not)
> be to them in the 1990s, so they touted Cairo but it fizzled as Billy Boy
Wonder had
> other things to worry about such as the 'net, Java battles with Sun, MSN
v.s. AOL,
>and eventually the DOJ. <http://news.com.com/2009-1017-857509.html>
DeCoudras
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