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From: franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams)
Newsgroups: net.unix
Subject: Re: ASCII, EBCDIC, and other character sets
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Date: Thu, 24-Oct-85 15:59:39 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct 24 15:59:39 1985
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Organization: Multimate International, E. Hartford, CT
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Summary: It may be a long wait


In article <10763@ucbvax.ARPA> fair@ucbarpa.BERKELEY.EDU (Erik E. Fair) writes:
>I think that the proper approach is to start over completely. [...]
>
>Me? I'll continue to use UNIX in its current form (4 BSD, when I have
>the option) until the new system is available, and you can bet that it
>will support whatever I'm doing at that time better than `old' UNIX
>did, or I won't buy it.

This is exactly the problem with starting over completely.  There is so much
"stuff" in *NIX that it is almost impossible to produce a new system which
supports everything you are doing as well as it, much less better.  And if
nobody uses it, it will never catch up.

The solution?  I don't have it.

Frank Adams                           ihpn4!philabs!pwa-b!mmintl!franka
Multimate International    52 Oakland Ave North    E. Hartford, CT 06108