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From: deo@eecs.cs.pdx.edu (Steven Furber)
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Subject: Re: Where is Minix headed?!?!?!?!?!?!
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Date: 29 Oct 90 08:18:21 GMT
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In article <33393@nigel.ee.udel.edu> almquist@cis.udel.edu (Michael Almquist) writes:
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>HAHAHAHAHA!  I love it!  But, seriously, where is Minix heading?  I've
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You posted quite a bit of ideas of possible additions (note: I do not use
"improvements") for Minix.  What needs to be kept in mind is that not all of
us use the PC version of Minix.  If things are going to be added to Minix,
perhaps something that should be asked is what is it about Minix that makes
people decide to use it?  One of my major reasons was to get away from the
severe restrictions of APPLE and their bloody Macintosh operating system (which
is excellent-- if you love GUIs) and get into something that was portable.
Most of the additions that you suggested are for the PC version of Minix.  What
about the rest of us out here that are not using PC's?  Minix, from what Dr. T
has written, was created as a learning tool.  It looks like the learning may
be more than just operating systems.  Now it looks like people will get to
learn about making the wonderful decisions of who they wish to support and who
they wish to not.

Hopefully people will decide that their additions to Minix will not be for any
particular machine, and will (hopefully) apply to the majority of the Minix
family.

My more than two bits worth.