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- From: juengst@boss1.physik.uni-bonn.de (Henry G. Juengst)
- Subject: Re: New ftp location for the folding editor Origami
- Message-ID: <1992Aug20.145824.17112@olymp.informatik.uni-bonn.de>
- Keywords: origami
- Sender: juengst@boss1 (Henry G. Juengst)
- Organization: Universit"at Bonn, Informatikinstitut, R"omerstr 154, W-5300 Bonn 1
- References: <9208153116@gandalf.moria> <15774@star.cs.vu.nl> <1992Aug17.170914.20108@olymp.informatik.uni-bonn.de> <1992Aug19.214639.4442@amhux2.amherst.edu>
- Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 14:58:24 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug19.214639.4442@amhux2.amherst.edu>, twpierce@amhux1.amherst.edu (Tim Pierce) writes:
- > In article <1992Aug17.170914.20108@olymp.informatik.uni-bonn.de> juengst@boss1.physik.uni-bonn.de (Henry G. Juengst) writes:
- >
- > >Very nice. What do you think how long will anybody wait until the official
- > >MINIX does have features like virtual memory, long file names, network
- > >file system, X11 etc. ? I can't even use these technics today under MINIX
- > >if I would buy a much better system (not 8088 PC). And why should I pay for
- > >a new compiler, libraries and bug (!) patches again and again ?
- >
- > If you're going to be running things like virtual memory and X on your
- > PC, it's absurd to use anything less than a 386. If you have a 386,
- > you can run Linux. What's your problem?
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- The problem is that MINIX has a micro kernel but it isn't a modular system
- because there are no moduls (like X etc.). :-(
-
- > [...]
-
- Henry
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- juengst@pib1.physik.uni-bonn.de [131.220.221.2] (strange particle)
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- I'm only speaking for myself, but not for anybody else !
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