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From: andree@uokvax.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Who's Next? - (nf)
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Date: Sun, 8-Jan-84 22:53:08 EST
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Posted: Sun Jan  8 22:53:08 1984
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uokvax!andree    Jan  7 18:44:00 1984

Here are answers to some of Mike Spann's questions (denoted by >>>>):

>>>>I also agree that UNIX will *NOT* be the next major O.S. for micro's.
>>>>In order for something to beat out CPM, it has to have more advantages
>>>>than dissadvantages.  For the novice user, UNIX just plain stinks.  It
>>>>is hard to use.  It is cryptic.  It has horrible error messages.  And
>>>>lastly is is much too easy to do horrible damage to your files without
>>>>even trying (very hard).

None of the above stopped CP/M from being popular. Why should they stop
Unix?

>>>>yeah, I know you can pipe things all over the place and spawn
>>>>processes, but get them to talk to each other in real time

Try getting Unix to do ANYTHING in real time!!!

>>>>First of all it will have to support multi-users/multi-tasks.
>>>>Secondly it will have to *LOOK* like CPM/MSDOS/...  Now for all
>>>>you UNIX(tm) fans out there, don't fret.  It will also have to
>>>>support a UNIX(tm) shell.

You know what that sounds like? Unix, with one of the many, MANY CP/M
emulators.

I think you discount how much importance people place on conforming to
standards, etc. Everybody and their brother is working on Unix for their
micro (mostly 68000's and 16032's, but some 8086 boxes). I wish you were
right, but am afraid that we are stuck with Unix...

	<mike