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From: UH2@PSUVM.BITNET (Lee Sailer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga UNIX
Message-ID: <41446UH2@PSUVM>
Date: 4 May 88 13:31:00 GMT
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Organization: Penn Sate Erie--School of Business
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One possible niche for an Amiga Unix would be student computer labs,
or other places where the *functionality* of a full workstation is needed,
but not the *performance*.

I'd like my students to gain experience with a modern, multi-tsking,
windowed, networked worksation environment.  But the truth is they just
don't do that many compiles that require 4MB, and they can get the feel
for a modern interface without a 1200x800 pixel screen.

So, Unix on the Amiga, in a networked environment so that the seats
only need floppies (that is hard disk on server) with a MB of
memory.  If I could put 15 of those on a net with a big Vax or Sun or
Apollo as a server, I'd be in heaven.

Market Talk

The "student lab" niche ain't very big.  But I think there is a big
niche for organizations that need something like Suns, but where each
individual seat doesn't need a Sun.  Office Automation, desktop pubs,
executive email systems, corporate database, etc etc etc.

Could or would an outfit like Sun produce a bottom of the barrel workstation?
Or would it be easier for them to just license Amigas and put the Sun
logo on them??  8-)