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- From: peter@global.hacktic.nl (Peter Busser)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
- Subject: Re: THE MOST TASTELESS OS (MSDOS)
- Message-ID: <1359@global.hacktic.nl>
- Date: Thu, 27 Aug 92 10:56:51 GMT
- References: <166@global.hacktic.nl> <1992Aug24.050417.629@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- Organization: Global Village 1
- Lines: 18
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- spagiola@frinext.stanford.edu (Stefano Pagiola) writes:
-
- >Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz writes:
-
- >> IBM has already done it. It's called OS/2 2.0. *NIX are
- >> good, but OS/2 gives much of the same power and
- >> functionality in user-friendly form that is -
- >> comparatively and in real terms - easy to use.
- But OS/2 obviously lacks the multi-user functionality of UNIX.
-
- >And NeXT did it three years ago. Its called NeXTSTEP and
- >it gives you all the power of Unix and more. A version for
- >the 486 is due out 93Q1.
- Yeah, and NeXTPC+high end 486 system cost more than a NeXT computer. Only a few
- people can or want to spend so much money on a computer.
-
- Greetings,
- Peter Busser
-