Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!texbell!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Re: The future of Minix Message-ID: Date: 15 Feb 90 21:49:12 GMT References: <1500@crash.cts.com> <1990Feb15.153248.6537@sun.soe.clarkson.edu> Reply-To: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 16 In article <1990Feb15.153248.6537@sun.soe.clarkson.edu> jk0@image.soe.clarkson.edu (Jason Coughlin) writes: > I concurr. Remember folks, Minix is a LEARNING OS -- developed > to *TEACH* the ideas of OS. The program is not a "real" enough OS to > replace MS-DOS, OS/2, or AIX so when the course is over, Minix most > likely goes back in the disk box. If Minix were totally capable of > replacing MS-DOS, OS/2, or AIX (on the student's machine) then $115 is a > bargain that couldn't be passed up. [AIX? Why bring up AIX? How about System V/386?] That depends on what the student wants to do. The majority of computer science or engineering types I know who have PCs use their computers for light editing, programming/hacking, modemming, and running BBSes. For this activity Minix is far superior to DOS or OS/2. And for these people, Minix is indeed a bargain. -- _--_|\ Peter da Silva. +1 713 274 5180. . / \ \_.--._/ Xenix Support -- it's not just a job, it's an adventure! v "Have you hugged your wolf today?" `-_-'