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From: pab@po.CWRU.Edu (Pete Babic)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: UNIX sys V4.0
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Date: 25 Oct 90 13:46:43 GMT
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In a previous article, amiga@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Paul) says:

>I am not trying to start a flame but am truly wondering how commodore with it's
>current support staff are going to support Unix? Just thinking about it, Will
>commodore sell Unix machines to a stand alone purchaser? Unix is truly a 
>Guru's machine and requires a lot of help for the novice. With Universities
>you have a stalf to suport unix, same at Buisnesses. For Joe Blow off the
>street it would be hard to deal with standard unix. Has Commodore put things
>in their unix to help novices? Would it be worthwhile to support unix for 
>individuals (most sales will come from universities and buisnesses). These 
>are just questions please don't flame me but answer intellegently. 
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I think there is not much need to support novices because IMHO novices will
not buy a 3000UX. Regular Amigados is much more suited to the casual computer
user than Unix and I think Joe Bloe off the street will stick to that.
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