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From: pontius@btv.vnet.ibm.com (Dale Pontius)
Subject: Re: Operating Systems
Date: 1997/07/24
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Date: 1997-07-24T00:00:00+00:00
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In article <33D6770B.6AFD@pseserv3.fw.hac.com>,
        "W. Wesley Groleau x4923" <wwgrol@pseserv3.fw.hac.com> writes:
>> other than that, you can get a powerfull Mac, and get the latest "virtual PC"
>> software for $159 that allows you to run NT and WIN95 and OS/2 on top of
>> the MAC.
>
> If you're going to get a "powerful Mac," you can add (for $99)
> a Unix which co-exists with MacOS and has compilers for
> C C++ Ada95 Fortran and Java. (and includes full source code for
> the Unix kernal AND all the compilers).
>
Or can't you just add MkLinux for free? I fear it isn't as far
along as the other Linuces, but I'll bet it comes up the curve
fast.

Dale Pontius
(NOT speaking for IBM)