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From: jerry@polygen.uucp (Jerry Shekhel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: 8-bit death
Message-ID: <1089@stewart.UUCP>
Date: 13 May 91 15:18:36 GMT
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jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz (John Bickers) writes:
>
>
>    I thought IBM _took_ it from Microsoft because they thought Microsoft
>    was botching it. The IBM version coming out now is apparently way
>    ahead of the old one
>

Well, IBM and Microsoft did have some opposing views.  Nevertheless, the
IBM version about to be released was still mostly developed at MS.

>
>    nothing that runs on an Intel CPU can be worthwhile).
>

I guess you think that SYSVR4 is not worthwhile?

>
>    Does OS/2 multitask as nicely as Unix, have all those crontab and
>    uucp facilities, the user/group/world file protection stuff, etc?
>

It multitasks *BETTER* than UNIX.  It has lightweight processes (threads),
the concept of the foreground process, etc.  It's a single-user OS, so
there is no standard file protection stuff, but the HPFS supports extended
file attributes which may be used by network systems to implement protection.
Also, the file system in OS/2 is replaceable.

>
>    Things like run-time libraries, etc? :)
>

It has dynamic-link libraries, more IPC mechanisms than UNIX ever dreamed of,
a standard graphics library (GPI) that puts most others to shame, etc.

>*** John Bickers, TAP, NZAmigaUG.        jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz ***
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