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Dave Deveau
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Yeah, when I heard Unix, I was thinking for their servers, which I realize is dumb since he was selling them time on his mainframe. But I thought Joe was predicting Unix servers and broadband, so IP addresses and hyperlinks had to be coming next. Joe pushing support for Unix PCs isn't nearly as prescient, in fact as

Did Joe pushing Unix seem believable to you, based on his background? He was at IBM well before they released AIX and, of course, Cardiff working on the Giant. Unix is a good choice, but I have a hard time believing in 1985, Joe's character would know to push for it (assuming he'd even heard of it).