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From: perelgut@utcsrgv.UUCP (Stephen Perelgut)
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Subject: Re: QNX  and the ICON
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Date: Sat, 10-Dec-83 10:05:46 EST
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Posted: Sat Dec 10 10:05:46 1983
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From my (brief) experience with QNX and an ICON (I saw it demonstrated
and tried a command or three), QNX is the *WORST* OS I have ever seen.
It has a lot of nerve even implying it is a Unix derivative.  PC-DOS 2.0
is as close (or closer) to Unix.  

Anyone out there have any ideas how to implement Unix on an 80186 (806[68])?
There are some inherent problems with the lack of support for security
features.  I imagine there is a great problem just stopping people  from
trashing the OS on a regular basis.  Anyone know how COHERENT solves that?

The ICON is a nifty machine.  Cheap, good network, and sensible design.
I would love to get hold of one or more to play with.  But boy is it 
saddled with a turkey of an OS.
-- 
Stephen Perelgut    Computer Systems Research Group    University of Toronto
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