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From: bear@houtz.UUCP (J.ALLEN)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: MS-DOS Standards, Mail, Communications
Message-ID: <1143@houtz.UUCP>
Date: 27 Apr 88 04:19:03 GMT
References: <112@chiron.UUCP>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel
Lines: 13
Keywords: MS-DOS Standards Mail Communications
Summary: Do not reinvent the wheel

In article <112@chiron.UUCP>, jon@chiron.UUCP (Jon L. Griffeth) writes
about wanting various features on clone.pc, the common thread in the
original article is "like UNIX":
> 
>     ... Both Microsoft Windows and OS/2 have some form of multi-
>     tasking...(similar to that provided by the 'UUCP' of UNIX)
>     would also be nice...Start with a directory hierarchy similar
>     to UNIX's...Note: This is similar to the UNIX approach of
>     handling mail. ... Again, this could be similar the UNIX's
>     UUCP approach. ...

RUN UNIX on that clone!

Jim Allen