ram@nucsrl.UUCP (01/17/87)
Hi,
It's 4 AM in the morning and I have nothing much to do but write a note
here (I have submitted 4 articles in the past 2 hrs- Guess some record!).
Hopefully, I am the second Guy to post a note. Anyway, I have
decided to buy the book and software (although I don't have a PC yet) assuming
I would get the hardware soon :-).
I have few questions of Andy Tannenbaum (and for everybody).
a. Is MINIX a part of the amoeba project or is it a separate piece of
work.
b. This is(probably) for everybody:
We have all seen PD langauges and tools but not OS (well ZCPR3
does exist, but it has very little following) until this. What happens later
on if a behemoth like IBM approaches you to port MINIX into one of their
machines (say an IBM processor to avoid the clone following)
in order to scuttle ATT, SUN MS-XENIX and other UNIX vendors. (I hate IBM and
have less regard for any manufacurer who does not support UNIX).
c. Given the multitudes of micro UNIXes (VENIX, XENIX,..),
would this attempt to set a standard.( It would be better that way).
This is probably too early to judge.
.... Renu Raman
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