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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 111d6b,328622178ec8b832 X-Google-Attributes: gid111d6b,public X-Google-Thread: 10d15b,328622178ec8b832 X-Google-Attributes: gid10d15b,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,a03ae7f4e53958e1 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 1094ba,a03ae7f4e53958e1 X-Google-Attributes: gid1094ba,public X-Google-Thread: 114809,a03ae7f4e53958e1 X-Google-Attributes: gid114809,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,8775b19e3c68a5dc X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,a03ae7f4e53958e1 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public From: grayc@btm0qt.se.bel.alcatel.be (Chris Gray) Subject: Re: Which language pays most 17457 -- C++ vs. Java? Date: 1997/12/30 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 311509878 References: <67et6o$dql@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net> <882757510snz@genesis.demon.co.uk> <67ktrg$ibk@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net> <349D4E8A.1FECCCA1@seasoned-software.com> Organization: Alcatel/Bell Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.misc,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.fortran,comp.lang.cobol,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-12-30T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <349D4E8A.1FECCCA1@seasoned-software.com> steve writes: > WRONG! The average business couldn't consider UNIX! WHY? Because it was > harder to use, had fewer reasonably priced(and easy to get) programs, and few > even knew about it! GIVE ME A BREAK! ALSO, UNIX was made to run under larger > systems. It couldn't run well under the 8086 system until they got MMUs! The > FIRST 8086 with an MMU was the 80386! SURE, some companies tried to make it run > on the 286, and some even did things earlier, but the were effectively toys! One of those toys was called Xenix, IIRC. What was the name of that company again? -- Chris Gray