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From: deraadt@enme3.ucalgary.ca (Theo Deraadt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Unix vs. Amiga
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Date: 8 Aug 89 09:27:00 GMT
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I find that one of the greatest things about using Unix over Amiga is
that everything in the entire system is size independent. Generally
there are no maximum sizes in the machine anywhere. If there are, they
can be changed easily. Look at how easily and invisibly the maximum
number of file descriptors for a process changed. See how select()
nicely took care of it in SunOS.. in the Amiga to do anything of the
kind you have to play with system internals. It's simply disgusting. 

There are many wonderfull things in Unix, and for some unexplainable
reason, a great deal of bias against it. I don't know why..
I don't remember who said it on the net a while ago, but it was
something like "Those who ignore Unix are doomed to repeat it, badly"
Looks like a classic case.