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From: ncf@uunet!unhd (Nick C Fitanides)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: VPI Selects Commodore For Unix Platform
Keywords: Unix,3000
Message-ID: <1990Aug23.162049.26537@uunet!unhd>
Date: 23 Aug 90 16:20:49 GMT
References: <13925@cbmvax.commodore.com> <730010@hpsad.HP.COM> <169@vtserf.cc.vt.edu>
Reply-To: ncf@unhd.UUCP (Nick C Fitanides)
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In article <169@vtserf.cc.vt.edu> flutter@vtcc1.cc.vt.edu writes:
>
>    Let me clarify some things. The Computer Science department at Va. Tech
>is the organization that has chosen the Amiga 3000s. They ordered slightly
>under 150 machines. The College of Engineering on the other hand is
>requiring its 1000 or so freshmen to buy 286 clones.
                                          ^^^^^^^^^^
										  Ho ho ho.
So applications users like "engineers" of all flavors and varieties go with
the boring, conservative solution which has been obsolete for several years.
It's a good thing for your school that the CS dept. knows about technology.
I'm thinking about Grad School there--I like their attitude!

>%% Lloyd Eldred -- The Coconut Telegraph BBS %%

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