RE: [nylug-talk] Linux market share growth rate is #1 in OS server market

[Robert Bennett <robert bennett nyc hummingbird com>]

Bet that the 'dark matter' allusion by ESR - whoever he be - is to the
missing 90% of all matter allegedly needed to shut down the Big Bang
expansion......    
Cool - a pure science reference in a pure techie list.


-----Original Message-----
From: Billy Donahue [mailto:billy dadadada net]
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 5:30 PM
To: mike jurney org
Cc: Mordechai Ovits; NYLUG-Talk List
Subject: Re: [nylug-talk] Linux market share growth rate is #1 in OS
server market


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On Thu, Mar 01, 2001 at 05:28:35PM -0500, mike jurney org wrote:
> On Thu, 1 Mar 2001, Billy Donahue wrote:

> > I didn't make it up.. I think it's ESR's.
> 
> I recently read him using the phrase "the vast invisible dark mass of
> COBOL financial applications at banks and insurance companies" when
> talking about language deployment.  Is that what you're thinking of, by
> chance?
> 
> (http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/writings/taoup/chapter3.html)

That's it.. Thanks.
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