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From: Tague%pco@CISL-SERVICE-MULTICS.ARPA
Newsgroups: net.works
Subject: Unix & Workstations
Message-ID: <15133@sri-arpa.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 5-Jan-84 14:05:00 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan  5 14:05:00 1984
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I agree with Randy Saunders' remarks about the Unix system and its
becoming a standard.  Unix is not a bad operating system.  Perhaps its
most remarkable feature is that there are so many other systems that are
much worse.  I guess since the chance of getting a system worse than
Unix is still pretty high, to say that one has Unix is to say that one
meets a certain minimum standard.

I also agree that it would be better to define a standard set of
features, rather than a standard piece of code.  Who knows with a little
work the standard may even reach to the level of Multics itself.  Then
we could talk about all the Multics look alikes instead of the Multics'
little brother (Unix) look alikes.  Someday.

                                Michael Tague