Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!pawl!shadow From: shadow@pawl.rpi.edu (Deven T. Corzine) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: Minix, Unix on the Amiga, and flames on AmigaDOS braindamag Message-ID:Date: 18 Aug 89 13:53:59 GMT References: <3352@sol.warwick.ac.uk> <4031@cps3xx.UUCP> <7559@cbmvax.UUCP> <21379@cup.portal.com> Sender: usenet@rpi.edu Distribution: na Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY Lines: 23 In-reply-to: FelineGrace@cup.portal.com's message of 17 Aug 89 20:12:30 GMT On 17 Aug 89 20:12:30 GMT, FelineGrace@cup.portal.com (Dana B Bourgeois) said: Dana> It is *not* true that a stock Amiga cannot be used to do any job Dana> any other computer can do. Let's get this straight right now. The stock Amiga has strikingly limited command-line functionality when compared to a Unix system. To a large degree, that CAN be remedied, yes. Dana> However, it is also true that the stock Amiga can be quickly and Dana> easily upgraded into a very friendly and easy to use machine Dana> with PD and commercial software, with more ram and with more Dana> hardware. Not always a "quick and easy" proposition, but certainly doable. Dana> Dana -- Deven T. Corzine Internet: deven@rpi.edu, shadow@pawl.rpi.edu Snail: 2214 12th Street, Troy, NY 12180 Phone: (518) 271-0750 Bitnet: deven@rpitsmts, userfxb6@rpitsmts UUCP: uunet!rpi!deven Simple things should be simple and complex things should be possible.