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From: acs@amdahl.UUCP (Tony Sumrall)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: Unix, etc.
Message-ID: <2819@amdahl.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 20-Feb-86 12:53:16 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb 20 12:53:16 1986
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Reply-To: acs@amdahl.UUCP (Tony Sumrall)
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Summary: Oh *really*!

In article <1284@caip.RUTGERS.EDU> carroll@aim.rutgers.edu@caip.RUTGERS.EDU writes:

> From: "Mark Carroll" <carroll@aim.rutgers.edu>
> 
>   I tend to agree with the earlier articles here. A Unix like system should
> have been used as the primary OS for the Amiga. Yet another proprietary OS
> is just a pain. I say Unix since it is a very powerful, and very standard
> system. The Microworld is already too full of little OSs, each for one machine.
> In the 68000 world, when there are already two Unix-like systems, one of them should be adopted. Modifying the Workbench to accept a Unix type OS would be 
> a formidable proposition, but worth it for the benefits it would yeild.
> 
>   Are you listening Commodore?
> 
>       Mark Carroll
>       Carroll@RU-AIM.Arpa
Why does it *have* to be Unix?  From the discussions I've seen here quite
a few people (who *seem* to be in the know) don't really prefer Unix as a
model.  I've been using Unix for in excess of 4 years, MS-DOS and CP/M-80
for over 3 and, while I prefer Unix to the other 2, am not against someone
making another attempt at providing a "better" operating system/user
interface.  I must agree that AmigaDOS is not a panacea but I find it easy
to use and friendly enough.  Course this doesn't mean that you should stop
complaining--that's how things get improved.  Perhaps some pointed and
(more or less) precise suggestions should be proffered.
-- 
Tony Sumrall                       ...!{ihnp4,hplabs,amd,sun}!amdahl!acs

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