Xref: utzoo comp.os.minix:6456 comp.sys.amiga:37155 Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!leah!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: 20 Jul 89 13:05:51 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> <12212@s.ms.uky.edu> Sender: usenet@rpi.edu Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY Lines: 23 In-reply-to: paone@aramis.rutgers.edu's message of 20 Jul 89 10:55:40 GMT On 20 Jul 89 10:55:40 GMT, paone@aramis.rutgers.edu (Phil Paone) said: paone> Why would you want it? Outside of the fact that it is another paone> OS and it is UNIX-like, you get the full source code. It is paone> not made to replace the natural multi-tasking for your day to paone> day uses, but to teach you about how a real OS is put together. paone> In some ways it is better then UNIX with a source license, paone> since it is very clean code. Even putting the educational possibilities, I would prefer a Unix environment on the Amiga over the AmigaDOS one. However, I would NOT like to have to lock out AmigaDOS to do so. That's my project. :-) 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.