Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!menudo.uh.edu!lobster!sugar!peter From: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: NeXT/Amiga Flamage: Get a life. Message-ID: <1991Apr9.125405.23007@sugar.hackercorp.com> Date: 9 Apr 91 12:54:05 GMT References: <-z6G_#&i1@cs.psu.edu> Organization: Sugar Land Unix -- Houston, TX Lines: 12 In article judge@alchemy.tcnet.ithaca.ny.us (rory toma) writes: > 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. Now you're getting positively reactionary. Why do you bother with the Amiga, then? After all, the average dude doesn't need multitasking. Mach is a fine operating system... the problem with the NeXT is the bait-and-switch marketing. -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' .