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From: vxp6840%ritcv@cs.rit.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: The future of MINIX
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Date: 18 Jul 89 17:44:28 GMT
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In article <4658@omepd.UUCP> pcm@iwarpj.UUCP (Phil C. Miller) writes:
>In article <3534@altos86.Altos.COM> dtynan@altos86.Altos.COM (Dermot Tynan) writes:
>...
>>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.
>        
>...

I think putting all the source on one disk set is a good idea.
Minix is meant to be an OS for learning.  It is very informative
not only to see how Minix works in my own system, but what differences
exist to make it work on other systems as well.

When I bought Minix for my ST, I was disappointed to find only the ST
code on the distribution disks for the above reason.

-Vitas P.-

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