Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!bu.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!ai-lab!life.ai.mit.edu!guest From: guest@geech.ai.mit.edu (Guest Account) Newsgroups: comp.sys.3b1 Subject: Re: the death of dreams (was Not again (BSD etc. ports)) Message-ID: Date: 26 Mar 91 23:11:55 GMT References: <1991Mar23.180427.812@wa8tzg.mi.org> <1991Mar26.042109.25425@sci.ccny.cuny.edu> <1991Mar26.121309.5351@cbnews.att.com> <1991Mar26.175003.13681@sci.ccny.cuny.edu> Sender: news@ai.mit.edu Followup-To: comp.sys.3b1 Organization: Guest at MIT Lines: 12 In-reply-to: jeffrey@sci.ccny.cuny.edu's message of 26 Mar 91 17:50:03 GMT I'd like to add my 2 cents. For the amount of work involved in upgrading the OS, it might be more efficient for people to buy a used Sun 3/50 or 3/60 for less than $2500 US. Then buy SunOS4.1 for whatever they are getting for it. At some point, you're going to hit the law of diminishing returns. Think about it, in a year or two you'll be seeing Sun 3s for less than $1000, if they're not already going that low. For what I want to do, 3.51m is good enough. When GNU Mach comes out, it might be fun to port it as an educational experience. Maybe that was only 1 cent worth? Daniel Guilderson ryan@cs.umb.edu