From: utzoo!watmath!watarts!bernie
Newsgroups: net.micro
Title: Re: The Horrible Operating System:  p-System.
Article-I.D.: watarts.1805
Posted: Mon May  2 10:37:09 1983
Received: Tue May  3 04:53:06 1983
Reply-To: bernie@watarts.uucp (Bernie Roehl)
References: utcsrgv.1352

Having used a wide range of microcomputer operating systems over the years,
I can safely say that *neither* CP/M nor the UCSD P-system are particularly
good for the sorts of things I like to do.  The main advantage of CP/M is
that there is a lot of third-party software for it, and some of it is quite
good.  The portability of the UCSD P-system is interesting, but unless you
switch machines fairly often (which most people don't) it doesn't buy you
much.

So what operating system do I recommend?  It depends on what processor you're
using.  On Z-80 systems, I have yet to find anything that beats LDOS (from
Logical Systems Inc.; if anyone's curious I can dig up their address).  For
8086's, my vote goes to MSDOS 2.0 (Which has some startlingly Unix-like
features).  For 6809's, the choice seems to be Flex (though OS-9 is a tempting
choice as well).  For 68K's and 16K's, the clear choice is Unix (or some close
variant on it).

Now for trademark crap :
	CP/M is a trademark of Digital Research
	UCSD P-system is a trademark of the Regents of U of California
	LDOS is a trademark of Logical Systems Inc.
	MSDOS is a trademark of Microsoft
	Flex is a trademark of Technical Systems Consultants
	OS-9 is a trademark of Microware
Whew!
			--Bernie Roehl
			...decvax!watmath!watarts!bernie