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From: manes@vger.nsu.edu ((Mark D. Manes), Norfolk State University)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: A3000UX - Born to run UNIX SVR4
Message-ID: <593.27ab5841@vger.nsu.edu>
Date: 3 Feb 91 04:24:33 GMT
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In article <8298@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu>, zerkle@iris.ucdavis.edu (Dan Zerkle) writes:
> In article <581.27a97594@vger.nsu.edu> manes@vger.nsu.edu ((Mark D. Manes), Norfolk State University) writes:
> 
>>Commodore Amiga 3000UX - BORN TO RUN UNIX SVR4
>>----------------------------------------------
> 
> Ulch.  What marketroid dweeb spewed this?  It's complete with
> overstatements:

Ah, in case you are not aware of it, very little of marketing is NOT
filled with overstatements.  

> 
>>When it comes to computers for professionals today, two facts stand
>>out indisputably.
> 
> Overstatements.

Thanks for the clarification there.

> 
>>One fact is that, across the board, from super-computers to single-
>>user workstations, UNIX System V Release 4 is simply the standard
>>to adopt.
> 
> Misleading statements (AT&T hasn't officially released SYS5R4 yet, as
> far as I've heard).

Actually they have.  I suspect you need to read all the Amiga groups.

> 
>>For system portability.  For user friendliness.
> 
> Unix?  User friendly?  Hah!  Even the NeXT isn't really user friendly
> when you have to do real system administration.

Actually I find Open Look to be very friendly.

> 
>>For
>>networking.  For compatibility of architecture.  For future Growth.
>>
>>Affordably.  Reliably.
>>Ergonomically.  With a completeness of design that already has the
>>industry experts raving.
> 
> Wow!  Three then four sentence fragments in a row!  Do marketing people
> really think that poor grammar impresses computer professionals?
> 

Obvisouly it caught your attention.  I guess it worked.

>> 
>>"The Amiga just far outperformed the others."
>> 
> 
> Look!  Blurbs!
> 
>>compact.... The Amiga 3000UX greatly outperforms the equivalent
>>NeXT and Macintosh with A/UX... it is an obvious choice as a low-end
>>workstation."
> 
> What do you mean by "outperforms?"  The equivalent NeXT has a 68040
> and inarguably better sound and screen resolution (no color, though).
> Good thing this is in a quote.

Ya know, they did not say which NeXT...

> 
> I'm sure the 3000UX is a wonderful machine, and I'm certainly going to
> try to upgrade my 3000 to run Unix one of these days, but this
> marketing tripe makes me sick.  Hype like this really doesn't belong
> verbatim on Usenet.  At least I'm glad to see that the machine is
> going to be agressively marketed.  Just so I don't have to put up with
> it....

Look here bucko.... 

I posted it because I thought others would be interested in what is I 
believe to be the first piece of anything written on Amiga UNIX by
Commodore.  I am sorry if you don't think it is worth posting,  but
instead of saying it should not be posted you should have hit the 
'n' key and not read it.  That way I would not have to respond to 
what I think is the most ridiculous response I have seen thus far
in 1991.
 
Sigh.. and >I< took the time to type the thing to get this ...
 
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>            Dan Zerkle  zerkle@iris.eecs.ucdavis.edu  (916) 754-0240
>            Amiga...  Because life is too short for boring computers.