Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!texbell!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Re: MacMINIX Message-ID: Date: 5 Jun 90 16:34:13 GMT References: <1458@lectroid.sw.stratus.com> <6785@star.cs.vu.nl> Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 11 In article <6785@star.cs.vu.nl> ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum) writes: > In article <1458@lectroid.sw.stratus.com> lennox@lectroid.sw.stratus.com (Craig Scott Lennox) writes: > >Why is MacMINIX going to be a hosted app, rather than a REAL OPERATING SYSTEM > >as on the IBM PC, Atari, and Amiga?? > Kind of hard to write a native OS for a secret machine. Personally, I'd rather it be a hosted application on the Amiga. AmigaOS is a far more capable system than IBM, Apple, or Atari is willing to sell you, and I'm not ready to give it up for MINIX just yet. I want the best of both worlds... -- `-_-' Peter da Silva. +1 713 274 5180. 'U` Have you hugged your wolf today? @FIN Dirty words: Zhghnyyl erphefvir vayvar shapgvbaf.