Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!pacbell!indetech!fiver!palowoda From: palowoda@fiver.UUCP (Bob Palowoda) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Use UNIX for MSDOS development? Message-ID: <224@fiver.UUCP> Date: 3 Sep 89 21:18:12 GMT References: <2396@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu> Organization: Fiver Communications Fremont, Ca Lines: 25 From article <2396@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu>, by cjoslyn@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu (Cliff Joslyn): > In article <4009@internal.Apple.COM> desnoyer@apple.com (Peter Desnoyers) writes: >>If you only have one programmer, most of the advantages of the UNIX >>cross-development environment go away. Especially if the machine running >>UNIX is a PC clone. The UNIX tools are useful in any case, however. > > And are *all* available under the MKS Toolkit. I'd imagine that for > individual work a 386 w/MKS would be a very satisfactory development > environment. > > Just a pleased as punch MKS proponent. . . All but multi-tasking. Yes I admit MKS has all the right tools. But if I remember correct the orig. poster wanted to know if multi-tasking increased program development. One thing I would like to see in the MKS package is multi-tasking. ---Bob -- Bob Palowoda *Home of Fiver BBS* login: bbs Home {sun,dasiy}!ys2!fiver!palowoda (415)-623-8809 1200/2400 Work {sun,pyramid,decwrl}!megatest!palowoda (415)-623-8806 1200/2400/9600/19200 Voice: (415)-623-7495 Public access UNIX system