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From: snoopy@doghouse.gwd.tek.com (Snoopy)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: The GNU Manifesto
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Date: 6 Jan 88 17:18:00 GMT
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In article <1351@sugar.UUCP> peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter da Silva) writes:

> There are a few very large programs out there that
>are supposed to have come from the GNU project, none of which will fit on
>any machine an individual can hope to own.

Incorrect.  My home machine will run GNUmacs, and I know plenty of other
people who own machines that will run it.

>> GNU is aimed initially at machines in the 68000/16000 class with virtual
>> memory, because they are the easiest machines to make it run on.  The extra
>> effort to make it run on smaller machines will be left to someone who wants
>> to use it on them.

The expensive part of a home Unix machine is the disk, not the CPU/MMU/RAM.
Disk space is still expensive, and the MTBF is, er, depressing.

>And in the meantime Minix is already working on machines that will never fit
>GNU.

Minix is a very good thing.  The IBM-PC however, is worthless for anything
except running "Flight-simulator".

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