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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Intel-Bashing
Message-ID: <4189@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 15 May 89 12:58:46 GMT
References: <53175@linus.UUCP>
Organization: Xenix Support
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In article <53175@linus.UUCP>, munck@linus.UUCP (Robert Munck) writes:
> IMHO, the 386 is a wonderful machine for advanced and
> experimental operating systems, and it's a real shame that the great  
> majority of them are running monstrosities like UNIX or pitiful little
> MS-DOS.

IMHO, the 80386 is the first decent micro Intel has done since the 8080.
And that's the problem. Intel's had too long a history of bad design for most
of us to accept that the 80386 is anything but a fluke.

And you have to differentiate between UNIX, the system, and UNIX, the
implementations. Once upon a time UNIX was a nice little experimental
O/S... and if your O/S ever becomes popular and catches on it'll be
subject to marketroid-driven code-bloat.
-- 
Peter da Silva, Xenix Support, Ferranti International Controls Corporation.

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