Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!att!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!apple!oliveb!amiga!cbmvax!andy From: andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Minix, Unix on the Amiga, and flames - Extingushed - fizzle Message-ID: <7675@cbmvax.UUCP> Date: 15 Aug 89 21:42:47 GMT References: <1201.AA1201@pulsar>Reply-To: andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel) Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 38 In article shadow@pawl.rpi.edu (Deven T. Corzine) writes: Well, I was hoping the thread would fizzle as the title suggests, but... Comparing the 1.2 release of the Amiga OS in order to make points is kind of, ummm, silly ? Yes, that's the word I was looking for, especially since 1.3 has been out for quite awhile. So using the CLI and old filesystem, to name but two instances, while rejecting the existance of the shell and FastFileSystem for the purposes of argument does not win any points. For all purposes the standard CLI *is* the shell. And the standard filesystem for hard disks is the FastFileSystem. A module does not have to be in rom to be a standard. (BTW, the shell having a limited set of internal functions is a rather moot point. Through the use of the Resident command, a large number of functions can be added to the Shell. When a program is added to the shell via Resident, it is added in a global manner; each Shell has access to the function) This is assuming, of course, that there's any point to the argument at all.... andy -- andy finkel {uunet|rutgers|amiga}!cbmvax!andy Commodore-Amiga, Inc. The Law of Software Envelopment Every program at MIT attempts to expand until it can read mail. Those programs which cannot expand are replaced by ones which can. Any expressed opinions are mine; but feel free to share. I disclaim all responsibilities, all shapes, all sizes, all colors.