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From: nwosuck@aix.aix.kingston.ibm.com (Kingsley Nwosu)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix,comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: New MINIX available (UNIX clone with full source code)
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Date: 24 Sep 90 13:22:06 GMT
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In article <11315@spool.cs.wisc.edu>, ward@sneezy.cs.wisc.edu (Mike Ward) writes:
> I would say that anything that has a limitation such as only running programs
> as big as 128 Kbytes (64 Kbytes data, 64 KBytes instruction) is not a serious
> alternative whether you want to call it a "unix clone" or not. Therefore
> MINIX on the IBM-PC (non 80x86, x<3) is not a serious alternative. Ten years
> ago, maybe. However, it seems to me that MINIX on an ST, Amiga, or Mac is
> pretty serious.
> 
> Mike
> ward@sneezy.cs.wisc.edu

.....Yes, MINIX is restrictive.
.....Yes, you may quarrel with the qualification "unix clone".
.....Yes, you may say that it is not a serious alternative.
However, has it occurred to you that there are some people out there
that don't have a good background in OS and appreciates the opportunity
to experiment with a "restrictive" OS like MINIX?

...."c'est la vie."


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