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From: jkh@meepmeep.pcs.com (Jordan K. Hubbard)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.nsc.32k
Subject: requested clarification of minix issues
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Date: 8 Jun 90 18:21:07 GMT
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I, like many of the folks on this list (I assume), am interested in
Bruce's minix port to the pc532 but also somewhat reluctant to jump
into the morass of multiple patches, revisions and strange licensing
issues without some assurance that I won't simply be buried by it all.

I am also not adverse to shelling out some bucks to Prentice-Hall
(since it's not big bucks) for release X.XX if I know for a fact
that I can use it for this project, and that there's a reasonable
upgrade path in sight.

To this end, I think a few works from Bruce about eventual 1.5.X compliance
(or whatever's being bandied around as the "latest" in comp.os.minix),
and what should be purchaed from PH at this point would be very reassuring.

Naturally, everybody wants the latest and greatest (if for no other
reason than being able to apply patches as they come across the net)
without screwing Prof. Tannenbaum out of the few bucks he probably makes
from all this, so what do we do?

					Jordan