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From: dltaylor@cns.SanDiego.NCR.COM (Dan Taylor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Amiga/NeXT flames (Was Re: Amiga OS *IS* state...)
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Date: 10 Apr 91 22:17:25 GMT
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In <yd8G8k8l1@cs.psu.edu> melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes:

>Why is the Unix non-standard?

1) ONLY the NeXT runs that kernel; it is not System V, it is NOT bsd4.3
(any version) or bsd4.4, it is NOT OSF (as if they actually shipped one).
SunOS is not a standard kernel, either, but they've shipped enough that
some people think it is.

2) it has NON-standard mailers (voice is nice, why not an OSI standard?).

3) it has a non-standard graphics interface; it is NOT X11R4, which is
only non-proprietary GUI standard.  DPS has nice features, but it
isn't a standard, it's proprietary licensed technology.

As an aside, other than watching goldfish, what practical use is the
transparency?

Dan Taylor