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- From: moacs11!walra@relay.nl.net (Waldi Ravens)
- Subject: Re: [MINTOS] fs tree structure (was: Re: MiNT goes UNiX, .
- Date: Sat, 15 Jan 1994 05:10:10 +0100
-
- In <199401141039.AA02414@ruulot.let.ruu.nl>, Annius Groenink writes:
-
- > I totally agree. MiNT shouldn't be viewed as an attempt to obtain a
- > complete UNIX clone.
-
- The big advantage of a Unix clone is the enormous amount of sources
- available from the Internet.
-
- > I mean look at this discussion, it's ridiculous,
- > really. There's nothing Atari-specific left.
-
- Atari specific means that available sources need a lot of modification to
- make 'm run on an Atari computer or in some cases it might even be more
- efficient to write a new program from scratch.
-
- Is it really necessary to reinvent the wheel over and over again?
- I certainly don't wanna waiste my time developing programs that other
- people have already written (probably much better than I ever could),
- and were generous enough to make freely available.
-
- > What about GEM for example.
- > Did we forget about that?
-
- Not entirely :-). It would be nice to have an Xlib/X-toolkit/widget-set
- implemented as an AES interface. It could not be nor would it have to be a
- perfect emulation, but if you could run X software at the system console
- that would be a big improvement.
-
-
- Regards,
- Waldi (walra%moacs11@nl.net)
-