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From: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
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Subject: Re: Anyone using Amoeba?
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Date: 14 Jun 91 11:56:23 GMT
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In article <2856A2FF.23655@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca> kevinb@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Kevin Boyes) writes:
>In article <2575@amix.commodore.com> skrenta@amix.commodore.com (Rich Skrenta) writes:
>>Is anyone using Amoeba on a day-to-day basis?  Does the system have any
>>significant limitations which prevent it from being used for real work?
>>How easy is it to obtain an Amoeba license and source code?

Not a lot of folks.  We haven't really begun the distribution yet.  With a
bit of luck, that will be real soon.  Watch this space for an announcement.

To avoid confusion, Amoeba is NOT a UNIX clone.  It is an experimental
distributed system designed for connecting a large number of machines and
making them work together like a single system.  We have some UNIX emulation
libraries and have ported or rewritten > 100 UNIX programs, but Amoeba is
by no stretch of the imagination UNIX. 

It will be available to universities with full source for $750 on an exabyte
tape.  A license will be required, in which you acknowledge that its not our
fault if Amoeba makes your computer act funny.

Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)