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- From: x1gsd@vax1.cc.uakron.edu (Gregory S Delozier)
- Subject: Re: Is MINIX much better than LINUX?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec13.145211.23253@news.uakron.edu>
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- Organization: The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio
- References: <1992Dec12.034538.14723@netcom.com> <1992Dec12.090926.28084@klaava.Helsinki.FI> <Bz76pu.AE0@cs.vu.nl>
- Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 14:52:11 GMT
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- In article <Bz76pu.AE0@cs.vu.nl> philip@cs.vu.nl (Philip Homburg) writes:
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- >For instance, I implemented a VM, TCP/IP, and ported X11R5, other people
- ^^^^^
- >contributed symbolic links, longer filenames (60 characters), 386 support,
- >387 support.
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- Would you be willing to share some details on how this went, what flavor
- of minix, and was it necessary to implement VM & TCP/IP as precursors?
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- >
- >Of course, the fun was in writing these (important) parts of an O.S.
- >...
- True no doubt, but some of us have more time for fun than others :-)
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- > Philip
- >Philip Homburg <philip@cs.vu.nl>
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- Thanks,
- Greg DeLozier
- <delozier@mcs.kent.edu>
- --
- Doctoral Student, Kent State/Scientific Analyst, Loral
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