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From: perand@ttds.UUCP (Per Andersson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: A proposal--TOS Replacement Project
Message-ID: <1184@ttds.UUCP>
Date: 14 Nov 88 18:51:26 GMT
References: <700@sdcc15.ucsd.edu> <17702@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> <1683@netmbx.UUCP> <1226@psu-cs.UUCP>
Reply-To: perand@ttds.UUCP (Per Andersson)
Organization: The Royal Inst. of Techn., Stockholm
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In article <1226@psu-cs.UUCP> kirkenda@psu-cs.UUCP (Steve Kirkendall) writes:
>In article <1683@netmbx.UUCP> hase@netmbx.UUCP (Hartmut Semken) writes:
>>In article <17702@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> acm@cs.ucla.edu writes:
>>>I have a comment.  Why not adopt MINIX as that new OS?  

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>
>One problem with Minix: It is not freely redistributable.  Cheap, yes; free, no.
>I suspect a PD operating system would have a much better chance of catching on;
>can you imagine a typical Atari salesman explaining to a typical Atari customer
>why s/he should spend money to replace something as technical as an OS?
>
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>I like the Minix idea, or a PD *NIX clone.
>
>Hey, Atari!  What kind of support would you be willing to give to a project
>like this?  Yes, I understand that you all think TOS 1.4 is the greatest thing
>since 3.5" disks... but DEC feels the same way about VMS, and a lot of us
>customers want an alternative.  Please post a response.
>
>		-- Steve Kirkendall


Well everybody if you feel like dropping the floppy-disc OS one 
might consider GNU when it becomes ready. It is supposed to
be a full-blown UNIX type operating system with all the utilities
one might need. It will probably demand something like 1.5-2MB ram
in its initial form but that might be possible to change.
It has preparations to make people unable to restrict further distribution.
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