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From: swarren@convex.com (Steve Warren)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga UNIX
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Date: 10 Aug 90 14:41:21 GMT
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In article <77@maxx.UUCP> tyager@maxx.UUCP (Tom Yager) writes:
                              [...]
>That having been said, I have one question which I hope won't piss anyone
>off unduly: Why would you want to run UNIX on an Amiga? I'm not being
>critical, mind you, and I haven't chosen sides. I'd just like to hear from 
>some of you what you feel the Amiga has to offer a UNIX user that you can't
>get from one of the $5000 boxes from Sun or Apollo/HP. If the initial release
>allows you to mix AmigaDOS and UNIX programs on the same box and screen,
>then that's something, and my question is pointless. Failing that, what are
>some of the other reasons for running UNIX on an Amiga?
                              [...]
On my own time I am first an Amiga user.  I own an Amiga for its video
capabilities and entertainment value.  The Amiga fills my idea of entertainment
better than anything else out there.

Now because of the amount of discretionary time that I spend on my Amiga,
I am very familiar with it and with the applications that I use on it.  My
Amiga could be extremely useful to me in my work because of my familiarity
with the tools and applications.  But at work we use Unix workstations on
an Ethernet network.  It is not convenient to keep a workstation and my Amiga
there on my desk together.

If I have to reboot then that is a drawback.  However, I've still multiplied
the capabilities of my box.  There just don't seem to be many easy-to-use
applications available for Unix boxes beyond the few specialized applications
that the boxes were purchased for (ie board routing or cad or whatever).

A Unix box that is also capable of using Amiga applications (which I am
already familiar with) is superior to one that does not have this capability.

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