Xref: utzoo comp.os.minix:6379 comp.sys.amiga:37024 Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!pawl!shadow From: shadow@pawl.rpi.edu (Deven T. Corzine) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix,comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Minix for the Amiga...vaporware Message-ID: Date: 18 Jul 89 09:32:28 GMT References: <1610@uw-entropy.ms.washington.edu> <1989Jul13.124053.27543@sun.soe.clarkson.edu> <2882@ast.cs.vu.nl> <7336@cbmvax.UUCP> <12195@s.ms.uky.edu> Sender: usenet@rpi.edu Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY Lines: 26 In-reply-to: sean@ms.uky.edu's message of 17 Jul 89 22:13:15 GMT In article <12195@s.ms.uky.edu> sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey) writes: >I'll believe Minix for the Amiga when I see it. At least three >different people said they would have it Real Soon Now. Real Soon >being last year. There's been work done on it. >The people that claimed they were working on it could do us all a favor >and simply not say anything till they're ready to release a beta. They've kept remarkably quiet. It's everyone ELSE clamoring about it. They are, I believe, approximately at a beta test stage, but whether it will actually be released publicly, I don't know. (doubt it.) It seems no publishers are interested in marketing it, either. No telling what will happen. [How about it, guys? Just release Amiga/Minix free and post it to comp.sources/binaries.amiga?] Deven -- Deven T. Corzine Internet: deven@rpi.edu, shadow@pawl.rpi.edu Snail: 2214 12th Street, Troy, NY 12180 Phone: (518) 271-0750 Bitnet: deven@rpitsmts, userfxb6@rpitsmts UUCP: uunet!rpi!deven Simple things should be simple and complex things should be possible.