From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: ** X-Spam-Status: No, score=2.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,INVALID_MSGID, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,df854b5838c3e14 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,df854b5838c3e14 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,df854b5838c3e14 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public From: morphis@fnalv1.fnal.gov Subject: Re: Unix Haters Date: 1996/04/11 Message-ID: <4kj4rq$d34@fnnews.fnal.gov>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 146922675 references: <00001a73+00002504@msn.com> <31442F19.6C13@lfwc.lockheed.com> <828207683snz@genesis.demon.co.uk> ,<3160B659.D3B@mcs.com> organization: Fermi National Accelerator Lab reply-to: morphis@fnalv1.fnal.gov newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++ Date: 1996-04-11T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <3160B659.D3B@mcs.com>, Mike Young writes: >Robert Dewar wrote: >> >> Dan Pop said >> >> "In my book, one of the main charms is that Unix runs on almost any kind >> of hardware, from the most expensive to the cheapest PC (currently the >> Power Mac is the exception, but Apple is actively involved in a Linux >> port)." >> >> That's wrong, Machten, a pretty complete system 5 port, runs fine on >> a Power Mac. > >====== >Does anyone else find it odd that everything (it seems) runs on a Power >PC, but not OS/2? no, OS/2 isn't on PPC for business reasons. 1)IBM wants to sell its unix on the PPC and would lose some unix sales if they put OS/2 on it 2) IBM has a limited amt of resources they are willing to put behind OS/2, and have made the (IMvHO) wise decision to concentrate on intel. The P6 is a pretty hot little puppy and OS/2 takes good advantage of it. Ummm, why is this conversation going on in an ADA group? In any case VMS is superiour (sp?) in all ways to UNIX! so there! (and he quickly leaves stage left) Peace, Robert