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From: ee88sbp@surrey.ac.uk (Sean Broderick Purdy)
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Subject: What's Amoeba? (Was Re: One True Unix)
Summary: What's Amoeba OS?
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Date: 11 Dec 90 22:35:29 GMT
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In article <309@audfax.audiofax.com> arnold@audiofax.com (Arnold Robbins) writes:
>Ah well.  It's time the world moved on to something
>like Amoeba, anyway.
:

  ...WRT the various ``UNIX''s. Now I may only be a fledgling sparky 
  & a read-only-user, but I've never heard of Amoeba. Any info wud be
  appreciated. Please cross-post to comp.misc 'cos my site doesn't get
  the Alt groups [ :-( ], or via E-mail. (Sorry, I can't reply to 
  overseas [ex-UK] messages 'cos my site can't afford the stamps.)

  TNX in advance,

  luv SEAN xxx

  ee88sbp@ee.surrey.ac.uk  } Subject to change without notice.
  ELE838@SYSI.SURREY.AC.UK }

  P.S. Loved the Jargon File - made a hard-copy on a laser printer
  (or should that read ``I LASED a copy'') for perusal by myself & friends.

  P.P.S. Does anybody use ALGOL 68 in the `real' world? I ask merely for
  information... 'cos we get taught it as part of our undergrad course.
  (BEng/MEng Elec & Elec Eng, & BEng/MEng Information Systems Eng, 
  except I think the ISE guys get to do Pascal & other stuff as well.
  And this year's First Year intake now gets taught Pascal instead. 
  (...well, it was that or Modula-2...)). 

  P.P.P.S. Also our UNIX (well, Sun-OS) accounts are being transferred
  from some SUN machines in the ElecEng Dept to a HP machine running
  HP-UX. Now I read some derogatory comments in the aforementioned
  Jargon File about HP-UX (ie HP-SUX). Is it really that bad?

  OK, time to go. Comments & answers much appreciated, even if I can't
  reach you personally to say thanks.

  SEAN.

  **********************************  Of course these are my personal
  **** HELP, I'VE GOT EXAMS!!!! ****  opinions. I mean, who gives a
  **********************************  XXXX about anybody else's??!!!