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Date: Wed, 14-Dec-83 09:36:00 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 14 09:36:00 1983
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From:  Matthew Temple <temple%UMass-ECE@csnet-relay>

Well, there went another operating system blow.
Why is QNX a turkey of an operating system?
I haven't found it to be so.

...but I don't think that UNIX fidelity is the greatest possible goal
of an operating system.  To me, a good operating system is one that
lets a user write programs that work and grants enough power to make
interesting applications programs.  Its interprocess messaging is
moderately fast and doesn't have a huge overhead.  In addition, it's
well suited to the pc's cababilities.

But I'm open on this.  So why is it a Turkey?  (If all you have to say
is that it isn't UNIX, don't bother, cause I don't care).

I even like VMS and find it more humane in many ways...but it's not
UNIX either.  (Don't forget, interprocess communication has a cost --
it's one thing to write an intelligent screen driver,  but pipes
don't come for free)

					Matthew Temple
					Smith College
					Northampton, Ma.
					(413) 584-2700  ext. 2388