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From: tsarna@polar.bowdoin.edu (Tyler Sarna)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Advanced MINIX (and a fix for strip.c)
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Date: 21 May 91 14:53:34 GMT
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In comp.os.minix, Bert Laverman <bert@arrakis.nl.mugnet.org>
writes:

> granted, and considerable brainstorming and planning is being put in
> making the stepover to a completely _new_ (and _free_) alternative.

At that point, why not simply (wait for/help out with) the GNU
system? It is free, and certinly will have enough features to
satisfy even the most rabid members of the kernel-bloating camp
(of which, I must admit, I am a member).

For he large number of people who just want an affordable unix
alternative, preferably with source, and are not particularly
tied to minix, GNU would win hands down. The only question is
if GNU will be *too* bloated for anything less than a largish
workstation. 

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Tyler "Ty" Sarna                                 tsarna@polar.bowdoin.edu

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