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From: william@syacus.acus.oz (William Mason)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Amoeba ... come again (was: Re: Minix UUCP equivalent needed)
Message-ID: <1106@syacus.acus.oz>
Date: 8 Oct 90 11:39:35 GMT
References: <32438@nigel.ee.udel.edu> <963@sun13.scri.fsu.edu> <7843@star.cs.vu.nl>
Organization: Australian Centre for Unisys Software, Sydney
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ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum) writes:

>In article <963@sun13.scri.fsu.edu> nall@sun8.scri.fsu.edu.UUCP (John Nall) writes:
>>	The present situation with regard to the general availability of
>>Amoeba seems to be murky (to me, anyway).  I seem to recall that Andy

>We have three full-time programmers and various helpers working as hard
>as they can putting the Amoeba distribution together.  As soon as it is far
>enough, I'll announce something.  We are definitely making progress.  I
>hate to give dates when I'm not really sure.  We're talking months, not
>years, though.

Can some kind soul enlighten the endarkened ?  Is "Amoeba" an alternative
to MINIX ?  What are the points of difference ?  If ... I'm considering
getting into MINIX would I be well advised to wait ?

Thanks,
	William Mason.