Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!hellgate.utah.edu!dog.ee.lbl.gov!ucbvax!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!news.funet.fi!hydra!cc.helsinki.fi!jalkio From: jalkio@cc.helsinki.fi Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: NeXT/Amiga Flamage: Get a life. Message-ID: <1991Apr9.011834.5902@cc.helsinki.fi> Date: 9 Apr 91 01:18:34 GMT References: <-z6G_#&i1@cs.psu.edu> Organization: University of Helsinki Lines: 32 In article , judge@alchemy.tcnet.ithaca.ny.us (rory toma) writes: > melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes: > >> >> In article judge@alchemy.tcnet.ithac >> >> >> I'd say sideways... Not down. Mach is a lousy OS for a standalone, >> unless your're one of the few sickos that enjoy it. I think we're >> dealing with more than 3 dimensions now. >> >> Mach is a lousy OS for a standalone because? > > Standalone in the sense of a home computer. I'm really sure that the > average dude is going to want UNIX at home for his computer. Or the --- > average student. > > rory I guess you meant isn't. Well, in that case: I think that just about everyone enjoys having good multi-tasking, virtual memory and other goodies Unix (or Mach) provides. And an average dude might not even buy a NeXT. A cheap Mac Classic or something like that is O.K. for most people. But in a computer with 15 mips it would seem stupid to have some simple operating system (Atari TT is a good example, even if it isn't near 15 mips). Jouni Alkio, Helsinki, Finland