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From: RLN101%URIACC.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu (Marshall Feldman)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: What should GNU run on (was Re: what kinds of things . . .)
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Date: 7 Aug 89 13:43:15 GMT
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You've got to consider price.  '386 systems are still much less expensive than
SPARC stations.  Also, while I agree many DOS programs use awful style, there's
a huge and important software base out there.  If GNU had a DOS-under-UNIX
capability like Locus Merge or VP/ix, it would make the system much more
useful for (1) persons who have or want to use low-cost DOS programs and
(2) persons who need access to DOS (for file transfers, consulting with
users) but aren't really interested in it for its own sake.