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From: daleske@cbdkc1.UUCP ( John Daleske x4335 3E296 RAA)
Newsgroups: net.micro.68k,net.news.group,net.micro.6809
Subject: Re: Can the OS-9 traffic move out of net.micro.68K?
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Date: Thu, 14-Nov-85 11:03:21 EST
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In article <500@harvard.ARPA> kosower@harvard.UUCP (David A. kosower) writes:
>
>   I second this proposal.  I've tired of having my news cluttered
>with allegations that this toy operating system, running on a toy computer,
>is but ooooh-sooo-wonderful.  Grow up and start using a real OS!
>
>                  David A. Kosower

Oooooh boy!  My first inclination was to send the net message which
enables the 50k volt zap on your keyboard.

It seems to me that you would better serve yourself and others in
looking at OS-9 in more detail before expressing yourself so
foolishly.  Of course, this is not the first time unfounded, 
inflamatory commentaries have been stated.

First, state which OS to you is "real" and why.  Perhaps we should
petition for forming net.os and discuss it there.

My system at home is a 68000 with 256K RAM and a 6502 as a front-end
I/O processor (MTU-130 with DATAMOVER board).  It currently only has
two 8" DSDD floppy disk drives.  There is no way that a good subset of
UNIX would effectively fit on that configuration;  certainly for not
more than a single user.  My MTU-130 could support a couple developers
or quite a few light application users (e.g. text editing or
whatever).  For smaller (read much less expensive) systems yes, OS-9
IS "ooooh-sooo-wonderful".

John Daleske		 NOTE:  I take responsibility for my own statements.
cbosgd!cbdkc1!daleske	 My employers aren't implied.