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- From: harley@engrhub.ucsb.edu (Harley Hahn)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
- Subject: IS UNIX DEAD? (11)
- Message-ID: <6642@ucsbcsl.ucsb.edu>
- Date: 11 Nov 92 22:31:53 GMT
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- This is number 11 in a series of 22 responses to the question:
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- What do you think about the Byte magazine cover that asked:
- IS UNIX DEAD?
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- (moderated by Harley Hahn)
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- From: dmp3592@icdfs.boeing.com (Dean M. Phillips)
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- The Byte magazine article was primarily about how Microsoft
- Windows NT was going to be the biggest challenge that Unix-like
- systems had faced because it offered most of the advantages of
- Unix with the support and ease of use and setup that windows is
- famous for.
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- I think Windows NT will replace Unix on the systems of the
- computer illiterate. It certainly is not going to replace 386BSD
- on my 486-33. For one thing, I have no desire to invest $400 in a
- CD ROM drive so that I can read the distribution. For another, I
- like being able to fix bugs and compatibility problems when
- required. With a commercial package you are at the mercy of the
- developer.
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