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Yes, I'll agree with some of what you have to say.  First, let me remotivate
my previous post.  Its primary purpose was to point out that many people
advocate using Unix or Unix-like systems on the Amiga without any mention of
potential pitfalls. For some users these systems will be very desirable, but
others may find out the hard way that there are some serious drawbacks. I
myself am eager to see what the C= supported Unix looks like. But without
looking at the disadvantages first, it might be easy to make some ugly
mistakes. I think there are some strong arguments that the Amiga operating
system (I shall refer to as AmigaDos though I suppose technically that is just
the filing system portion), with some PD (or perhaps non-PD) utilities is as
good or better environment to work in as compared to a unix OS run on the
amiga.
      Your comments regarding exec peculiarities, BCPL stuff ,etc. are noted
and I would tend to agree with nearly all of them.  But that is not the level
that most users would deal with the system.  For you it is a strong argument
but even amongst people who use the Amiga primarily for programming (like
myself) this is probably only a minor drawback.
      With regard to Unix maintenance, a typical Unix system (whether one
user or multi-user) has files that periodically need clearing (or they grow
until your disk is full), and much system information is needed for set-up.
Printer set-up is a good example.  Ever deal with printcap entries?  Yuch-pui!
Being able to drop in a new driver in some directory as on the Amiga is much
easier and usually gives better results.  Having a single set of printer
controls commands (from programmers prospective) is one of the features I was
considering when I said AmigaDos has a more elegant design than Unix systems.
      Yes you can find Unix features that show a more elegant approach to
certain system aspects, but vice versa is more often true.  I offer as an
example a comparison between SunOS and AmigaDos.  The latest SunOS has
virtually all the best features from BSD and SYSV plus some addition that Sun
created. Some of these new state-of-the-art features are things that existed
in the Amiga from the start.  Some aren't as good as the Amigas.  Dynamically
loadable (and sharable) libraries - new feature - recognize the Amiga
counterpart?  Named sockets - not too new, but nice.  Often times pipes just
don't cut it (this is what I meant by IPC being worse on some Unix systems
than on the Amiga. Some Unix's only support pipes).  Named message ports on
the Amiga are an approximate equivalent to this.  Something like ARexx could
not exist without this OS supported feature.  These are a few examples of how
the Amiga software designers developed an elegant OS based on some of the
better existing OS features at the time.  True, there are some awkward
"features" in the OS, but the overall design is (my opinion of course) very
elegant.
        Getting back to PD utilities, I have had good luck with some pretty
nice PD stuff on both machines.  Yes Unix has a lot more, and fortunately
people are spending time to port much of it to the Amiga.  Try to find a Unix
telecommunications programs and I'm afraid you'll be quite frustrated. My
Amiga environment is very much Unixized due to PD utilities and some other
unix-like utilities from my C compiler.  But when all arguments are
considered, I have created a better programming environment on my Amiga than I
have on my Unix system at work and sacrificed nothing as far as deviating from
Amiga "norms".  You may disagree with some of my arguments, but you can't
ignore them as they are pertinent to many of the Amiga users and their needs.

Disclaimer: My opinions are my own, except for those I have stolen from
others.