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From: jnall%FSU.BITNET@cornellc.cit.cornell.edu (John Nall 904-644-5241)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Minix or Bignix??
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Date: 31 May 89 20:05:50 GMT
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As both a teacher and a semi-hacker, I've followed the recent
discussion about whether Minix should stay at the PC-level or
go on to bigger and better things (actually, I guess it is a
question of whether or not ast blesses it or not,
since Minix is obviously moving that way by way of contributions).

Anyway, for my own personal use, I would like to see it go the 386 etc. route
and use all of the capabilities of the hardware.  BUT....for classroom use
and student comprehension, I have to side with ast.  Keep it simple.  These
students have a lot of material to cover in a one-semester course, and a
lot of midnight oil gets burned just getting some understanding of the
PRESENT source.  Also, in spite of what anyone says, the average student
does not have access to any system larger than a clone PC with floppies.

John Nall
Computer Science Department
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL 32316