Microsoft buys TeX :-)

On Wed, 9 Sep 1998, Doug Yowza wrote: That's a reflief (I knew it was a joke but Bruce's description was good: a strange mix of horror and shock). I think Linus should sell out. If Microsoft was stupid enough to think they could reign in Linux after the source code has already been in more hands than a stripper's breasts then more power to him. This is why I knew the TeX story was bogus. There's no way they could possibly hope to make fifty cents off of TeX because a thousand screaming programmers world-wide would just make a compatible version, call it SeX, and crush Microsoft's silly aspriations of TeX domination. Also, that quote of the Chinese restaurant owner at the end was a dead give away. :) Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ever onward. September 26 & 27...Vintage Computer Festival 2.0 See http://www.siconic.com/vcf for details! [Last web site update: 08/25/98]