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From: hal@eecs.cs.pdx.edu (Aaron Harsh)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Why all of this NeXT talk?
Summary: because this is the advocacy group
Keywords: A3000UX NeXT stop rediculous
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Date: 10 Feb 91 05:34:20 GMT
References: <1991Feb9.083920.27791@en.ecn.purdue.edu>
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In article <1991Feb9.083920.27791@en.ecn.purdue.edu> doctorj@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Jeffrey W Davis) writes:
>The Unix port running on the NeXT machine is not actually Unix.

  Sure it is.  BSD is also a standard.  (Actually, NeXT uses Mach which
is BSD + some extras)

>Another thing I have seen too much of is the comparison between a
>68040 based NeXT and a 68030 based A3000/A3000UX.  This is simply
>rediculous.

  Unless the machines cost the same.  When you're about to buy a machine,
do you think: "It has to be less than $4000" or do you think "It has to
have a 68030"?

>Imagine an
>Amiga running Unix on multiple T800 processors!?  If you want number
>crunching... you got it!

  Do you think that Commodore has developed a UNIX to run on multiple
T800 processors?  Do you think Commodore will ever develop one?

>We are Amiga users here.  So why all the NeXT info?

  Because this is the advocacy group where we're _supposed_ to beat each
other over the heads with NeXTstations and A3000UX's.

>These are my OPINIONS and no hard feelings!  Okay?
>***********************************************************
>* Jeff Davis                * Relax! And get into    ///  *
>* doctorj@en.ecn.purdue.edu * the STRESS!!!         ///   *
>*                           *                   \\\///030 *
>*                           * -Gigahertz!-  Amiga\XX/ 882 *
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>           -=[ Mine's bigger than yours... ]=-

Mine's flatter than yours.

Aaron Harsh
hal@eecs.cs.pdx.edu