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- From: Lawrence Kirby <fred@genesis.demon.co.uk>
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Unix Haters
- Date: Sat, 30 Mar 96 17:41:23 GMT
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- References: <00001a73+00002504@msn.com> <31442F19.6C13@lfwc.lockheed.com> <danpop.828020070@rscernix>
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- In article <danpop.828020070@rscernix> danpop@mail.cern.ch "Dan Pop" writes:
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- >In <AD7EB33C9668919A@mcdiala13.it.luc.edu> VArase@varase.it.luc.edu (Verne
- > Arase) writes:
- >
- >>Unix's main charm is and always has been that it runs on cheap hardware.
- >
- >Like Cray's, SGI Challenge's or DEC TurboLasers, right?
- >Or maybe you were thinking about large parallel systems, like IBM SP/2
- >or the Meiko's.
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- Unix does run on cheap hardware. Of course it also runs on extremely powerful
- (and expensive) hardware. One 'charm' is that you pay your money and you
- take your choice.
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- Lawrence Kirby | fred@genesis.demon.co.uk
- Wilts, England | 70734.126@compuserve.com
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