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From: rht@smsdpg.uu.net (Randy Thompson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Something else you can't do on the Mac
Message-ID: <426@smsdpg.uu.net>
Date: 9 Jan 90 20:41:17 GMT
References: <818@edstip.EDS.COM>
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From article <818@edstip.EDS.COM>, by ohrnb@edstip.EDS.COM (Erik Ohrnberger):
> Look at it this way:
> If you buy a Mac, all you'll ever run is Finder and System.
> If you buy a PC compatible you have a choice, based on your needs:
> DOS, Unix, Xenix, Pick, PC-MOS and a whole host of others.  If you needs
> change, you can change the OS to meet the new needs.  If you have a Mac,
> and your needs change, you'll have to make System and Finder meet
> the need, or replacing both with something that works.  If you try to
> make System and Finder meet your needs, it may or may not work.
> 
> If I have a 386 PC clone, and need to get into Multi-User OS, I just by
> some memory, some disk, and some software.  The Mac will never get to
> a multi-user level. 
> 
> The point is not that you can run multi-user OS on the PC.  The point is that
> I have some alternatives, while I percieve none on the Mac side.

[Sigh] You are quite incorrect. Currently available on the mac are, of
course the standard system/finder/multifinder, System V Unix in the form
of A/UX, a unix like shell that runs under the MacOS called MacIDRIS (I
think), the all powerful and blessed DOS (ACK!!! Just say no! - Bill the
Cat) in the form of SoftPC (or, if you feel the need for more hardware, 
the Orange Micro Mac286 (Mac86 for the SE)).

If I need multiuser, I go A/UX, which, by the way, also allows me to 
execute native MacOS binaries. DOS even runs UNDER the MacOS, so I can
have a DOS and a Mac application running at the same time.

No flame intended, but I had to reply, some neophite might have believed
you. I suggest that you research your stuff more fully for this will surely
flood your inbox with flames.
> 
> *****************************************************************************
> 	Erik Ohrnberger
> 	"Be nice to me, I'm still a Net Virgin!"
> *****************************************************************************
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
	<rofl! (rolling on floor laughing)>
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