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From: pcm@iwarpj.intel.com (Phil C. Miller)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: The future of MINIX
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Date: 16 Jul 89 17:03:07 GMT
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In article <3534@altos86.Altos.COM> dtynan@altos86.Altos.COM (Dermot Tynan) writes:
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>OK, some various unsolicited comments...

        and an unsolicited response.

>3.  Merged source code.
>I think it would be great if all the different Minix varieties were on
>the same disk-set.  I'd like to see the Atari code, even if I have a
>PC.

        I personally think that this is a REALLY BAD IDEA (no offense, Der).
	Making the number of distribution disks larger when it's not
	necessary seems inherently evil.  This would raise the price of
        the disks when few people would get the benefit.
        
>  On the one hand, this is easier for P-H, because they don't have
>to stock multiple distributions, but requires that the distribution be
>bigger.  Of course, there's always the problem of different disk formats...

        Precisely.

Phil Miller
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