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From: bert@arrakis.nl.mugnet.org (Bert Laverman)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Advanced MINIX (and a fix for strip.c)
Message-ID: <910518420@arrakis.nl.mugnet.org>
Date: 18 May 91 19:09:32 GMT
Organization: Alphasoft Nederland
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cy5@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Conway Yee) writes:
> Edvard Tuinder writes:
> >You call it [Advanced Minix] vaporware. it sure runs on my machine :-)
> Well, everyone who has it seems to  hail from *.nl.
Actually, most hail from *.nl.mugnet.org.

>						        To them, it is
> real software.
Even better: the MUGNET backbone (minixug.mugnet.org) is a machine which
runs it, so its not just 'real software', but even 'important software'.
Besides, it's name is really "NLMUG Advanced Minix", so the concentration
is not entirely unexplainable. :-) (ouch! Ow! Ok, ok. you can stop the egg
throwing!)

>		  To everyone else, it is vaporware.  No matter how good
> it is or how much you like it, if we can't get it, then it is vaporware.
Ok, agreed it's a bit difficult to obtain at the moment, but 'vaporware'
usually denotes "announced, but still not distributed" software. How
about calling it 'fluid'ware, since it's a little more substantial? ;-)

Actually...

#stty rumor

  NLMUG is in negotiation with PH over the matter ("Minix" is their name,
don't forget it!), in order to get permission for further distribution.
However, it looks like permission to use the name "Minix" will _not_ be
granted, and considerable brainstorming and planning is being put in
making the stepover to a completely _new_ (and _free_) alternative.

#stty -rumor

Greetings, Bert.

	--> What I write, _I_ stand for. <--


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