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From: rimbold@apollo.COM (Robert Rimbold)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: why no native unix??
Summary: You can get as much as you want.
Message-ID: <4064e4b7.87ad@apollo.COM>
Date: 21 Dec 88 20:59:00 GMT
References: <18@draci.cs.uow.oz> <3ff525ae.14df5@ulsoy.engin.umich.edu> <1270@fai.UUCP> <404beb83.b263@hi-csc.UUCP> <1304@fai.UUCP>
Reply-To: rimbold@apollo.com (Robert Rimbold)
Organization: Apollo Computer, Chelmsford, MA
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In article <1304@fai.UUCP> ronc@fai.fai.com (Ronald O. Christian) writes:
>In article <404beb83.b263@hi-csc.UUCP> giebelhaus@hi-csc.UUCP (Timothy R. Giebelhaus) writes:
>>*** I personally would load up the Aegis, though.  Not because the
>>DOMAIN/OS UNIX is incomplete, but because I don't see any reason
>>to deny myself all the extra tools Aegis provides the UNIX user.
>
>This defeats the purpose:  Consistency of interface is a key issue.

I believe that you missed the point. If you wish to have a BSD4.3 *ONLY*
system, you can do that. The same also applies to SYSV and Aegis. You
may configure the system with any combination of operating systems, and
only the operating systems that you load will be available.

Tim's point was that our hardware supports three different operating
systems, which only makes it easier to use. If all three environments
have been loaded, then you may pick which environment you wish to use
on a per-shell basis. 

To make it even better, programs from one environment run transparently
in a different environment.

If, for some reason, you wish to limit yourself to BSD or SYSV - then
load only that environment onto the disk.

Enough Said.

'Rob