Sun giving away NFS to competitors

[geoff at desint.UUCP]

In article <142 at stracs.cs.strath.ac.uk> jim at cs.strath.ac.uk (Jim Reid) writes:

> Why help your rivals improve their product with
> something you have invested money and effort developing?

Because Sun is smart enough to realize that what helps the computer industry,
helps Sun.  It's called "promoting a standard".  If NFS takes off big, *many*
more computers will be sold.  Lots of those will be Suns.

Besides, it's awfully hard to come up with a "smaller, faster, cheaper"
workstation when you are competing with a designer as good as Bechtolsheim.
(Sorry, Andy, if I blew the spelling.)
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	Geoff Kuenning
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