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- From: VArase@varase.it.luc.edu (Verne Arase)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Unix Haters
- Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 11:51:52 -0600
- Organization: LUMC
- Message-ID: <AD817F58966825786E@mcdiala11.it.luc.edu>
- References: <00001a73+00002504@msn.com> <31442F19.6C13@lfwc.lockheed.com> <4i26uhINNsd@keats.ugrad.cs.ubc.ca> <31457584.2475@lfwc.lockheed.com> <4i4s5f$igc@solutions.solon.com> <3146E324.5C1E@lfwc.lockheed.com> <Pine.A32.3.91.960313165249.124278B-100000@red.weeg.uiowa.edu> <4i9ld6$m2v@rational.rational.com> <4iah20$p7k@saba.info.ucla.edu> <4ifqbg$b32@fred.netinfo.com.au> <4iutmh$790@ionews.ionet.net> <AD7EB33C9668919A@mcdiala13.it.luc.edu> <dewar.827955102@schonberg>
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- In article <dewar.827955102@schonberg>,
- dewar@cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar) wrote:
-
- >"Unix's main charm is and always has been that it runs on cheap
- hardware."
- >
- >Another chuckle. Typical Unix systems today require skads of memory,
- >and typically you find Unix only on high end machines, while the 99%
- >of lower end machines are running other OS's (System 7, DOS, WIndows)
-
- I meant in the multi-user realm.
-
- Unix boxes are still cheap compared to alternative solutions to service the
- same number of users.
-
- ---
- The above are my own opinions, and not those of my employer.
-