Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Path: utzoo!utstat!philip
From: philip@utstat.uucp (Philip McDunnough)
Subject: Re: UNIX sys V4.0
Message-ID: <1990Oct26.062816.24751@utstat.uucp>
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 90 06:28:16 GMT
References: <8316@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM> <1990Oct25.134643.27877@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> <6896@sugar.hackercorp.com>
Organization: Statistics, U. of Toronto

In article <6896@sugar.hackercorp.com> peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) writes:

[In response to Unix and the casual user]
>
>Than SVR4, maybe. I think HP completely disproved the UNIX=HOSTILE myth
>nearly a decade ago with the HP Integral. (the original multitasking
>68000 personal computer)

I had an HP Integral for 6 years. It was a wonderful computer, and you
could even get most of SystemV (SVID HP-UX) in ROM! Nice windowing,
point and click, graphics' coprocessor, flat electrolumenescent
screen( not LCD- really a beautiful screen) , HP-IB,printer,etc...all
in one neat box( transportable). I will never forgive HP for dropping
the Integral. It was way before its time. Since then the micro division
of HP has turned into a quality IBM clone making division. They used to
make really neat micros( touch screen, nice portable, Integral,...) but
of course these were not IBM compatible( they used a 719k formatted 3.5"
floppy drive). 

I'm not an Amiga user, but I hope the Amiga does well. If not, that will
simply increase the chances of never seeing neat computers. Apple has
given in to the corporate world, HP's engineers lost their power to
bean counters,etc...It's all very depressing.

Lotus 1-2-3, WordPerfect, Excel,etc....That's what I call advancing the
human condition.

Philip McDunnough
University of Toronto-> philip@utstat.toronto.edu
[my opinions, probably also shared by my fellow academics, may or may
 not be shared by my employer]