Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!pdn!tscs!tct!chip From: chip@tct.com (Chip Salzenberg) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: Amiga OS *IS* state of the art Message-ID: <27FA06D4.4D68@tct.com> Date: 3 Apr 91 16:46:11 GMT References: <1991Apr2.171837.27186@ncsu.edu> Organization: Teltronics/TCT, Sarasota, FL Lines: 18 According to kdarling@hobbes.ncsu.edu (Kevin Darling): >* For example, when a friend of mine loans out his multiuser system to a > club for a demo, he doesn't worry about his source code and other private > information still being on disk; the login and security protects him. Bad example. Give me a boot disk, and I'll read anything on your hard disk, including root-only files. >* Other friends use the security to let their children play computer games, > but not to have access to most directories... >* Plus the multiuser part allows use in small business; gives remote user > login as standard; makes running a BBS in the background a piece of cake... Good examples. -- Chip Salzenberg , Brand X Industries Custodial, Refurbishing and Containment Service When You Never, Ever Want To See It Again [tm]