t-allenb@microsoft.UUCP (Allen BRIGGS) (06/10/90)
In article <364@three.MV.COM> cory@three.MV.COM (Cory Kempf) writes: >[...] (after all, people who are using A/UX are >not using MacOS -- Why should they have to pay for it?) I must agree with most of Cory's points, but this last one (assuming Cory wasn't being sarcastic) I can't agree with. I've been using A/UX on my mac II for almost two years now, and I use MacOS just as much. If I wanted a *nix box, I could get a better machine for the same amount of money that the Mac II costs (at least in a reasonable *nix configuration). It may be just the fact that I'm a student and like to use the wealth of games, utilities, and applications (not in that order :-) that are available on the MacOS side, that aren't under *nix. I can't believe that only students are interested in the above, though. The place I go to get info packed into my head (Virginia Tech) practically requires the Computer Science students to have a Mac II *nix system (at least until recently). I don't know what the original reasons were, but it helped a lot that I could use MacWrite, or any of the (approx) WYSIWYG word processors for my writing needs (nroff/ troff isn't much fun--esp. for someone not used to *nix). Oh! One more point. Some of what makes up the Mac OS is necessary for Apple's implementation of *nix, I believe. At least anything that uses any of the ROM routines... I still think Apple is making a grotesque profit from their regular prices, and their educational discounts are still not much below highway robbery, IMO. Hmmm... I'm being less coherent now, and resorting to opinion. Time to stop. -allen briggs (...!{uunet,uw-beaver}!microsoft!t-allenb, or, microsoft!t-allenb@uunet.uu.net) -- I take full resposibility for what I say, and I speak only for myself, unless somebody's rights are being violated, and nobody is violating Microsoft's rights. In other words, I don't speak for my employer.