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From: rfg@nsc.nsc.com (Ron Guilmette)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.nsc.32k
Subject: Re: AUTHOR SPEAKS: '532 Manifesto
Keywords: cheap nsc 532
Message-ID: <7885@nsc.nsc.com>
Date: 18 Nov 88 00:51:59 GMT
References: <433@sdrc.UUCP> <2659@sultra.UUCP>
Reply-To: rfg@nsc.nsc.com.UUCP (Ron Guilmette)
Organization: National Semiconductor, Sunnyvale
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In article <2659@sultra.UUCP> dtynan@sultra.UUCP (Der Tynan) writes:
>... so unless we can find a PD version, or
>someone willing to allow us to use *their* licence, then we're stuck with
>Minix.  Comments anyone?

Well, there already a port of XINU to the 3200's series available.  I have it
here in my hot little hands.  Actually, I think that the best thing to do
would be to use the XINU kernel, and then for the utilities use the sum of
MINIX, XINU, and GNU, taking the best pieces where there are overlaps.

>OK, one last point.  Does anyone have a nice, catchy name for such a system?
>I'm sick of calling it the '532 el-cheapo-thing'.  How about Merlin?

I suggest picking a non-propritary name that won't get you into trouble with
anybody.  AT&T already uses the name Merlin for some of its business phone
systems.  How about the legendary "foobar"?  If you were to copyright that
then in 6 months you could sue everybody on the net over their examples ;-)

-- 
Ron Guilmette
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