Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!husc6!think!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!decvax!decwrl!rainbo.dec.com!scott From: scott@rainbo.dec.com.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Re: MINIX -- why? Message-ID: <9589@decwrl.DEC.COM> Date: Thu, 30-Apr-87 12:20:07 EDT Article-I.D.: decwrl.9589 Posted: Thu Apr 30 12:20:07 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 1-May-87 05:28:41 EDT Sender: daemon@decwrl.DEC.COM Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 44 > For instance, I use a product called >PCNX by a company called Wendin. It retails for $99, and although it doesn't >... One of these is the ability to run most of the MS-DOS software that you >may have. It will run almost all of the "well-behaved" programs, such as the >compiliers you are already using. ... Hah! I ordered the full set of WENDIN products soon after they came out on the market. Although part of my problem may have been getting an early version, I must say that was so displeased with packages that I returned them immediately. With few exceptions, the only programs "well behaved" and small enough to run under PCNX or PCVMS were PD tools or tools I wrote myself. Even the MS compiler failed in some cases. In short, WENDIN PCNX isn't (or possibly wasn't) even in the same ballpark as MINIX, XINU, etc. > This product [WENDIN's PCNX] is available bug-free today. Bug-free? Is that a challenge? :{) >The company that wrote it provides excellent support. No-hassle refunds anyway. >I guess I don't really understand what all the fuss is about with MINIX. >The second question is where can I read a detailed description of MINIX, >without reading "The Book". In the first sentence you plead ignorance and in the second reject the opportunity to learn!? "The Book" IS a detailed description of MINIX plus you may learn something about operating systems you didn't know or forgot. Education isn't a "gimme"! Buy the book and read it; it won't hurt you. I'm sorry if I have offended the "net" with my response. The combination of my experience with PCNX and the availability of info on MINIX pushed me beyond my "limit". ------------------------------------------------------------- Robert P. Scott USENET: decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-mosaic!scott PHONE: (603) 886-1383 SMAIL: 29 Heritage Circle, Hudson, NH 03051-3427 Posted: Thu 30-Apr-1987 10:45 EST To: RHEA::DECWRL::"comp.os.minix"