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Article #39937Re: OS/2 vs. Unix
From: T. J. Thompson
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1989 00:41
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1989 00:41
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I read this article carefully several times looking for the tongue in cheek,
and have concluded that the author is perfectly straight-faced. So i respond.
In article <487@lectroid.sw.stratus.com> jmann@bigbootay.sw.stratus.com (Jim Mann) writes:
>... For example, to display a file under DOS, I use
>'type' or the near-universal bit of freeware 'd'. That's lots
>easier to remember than 'cat.'
I am mystified by this claim. Please attempt to justify it.
I expect you either to concede that the claim is nonsense,
or to splutter for a while, and then concede.
>As for the fact that OS/2 is multi tasking but not multiuser, I consider
>this a feauture, not a bug. I think that one of the great advances in
>computers in the last 10 years has been that everyone can have his/her
>own box (with no other users to do things to crash it) but still be connected
>to a network allowing data sharing as desired.
1. If you have a real operating system, then users cannot crash
the box. OS/2 may yet reach this level of maturity.
2. Without the access protection provided by a multiuser system,
it is impossible to connect to a network while being as discriminating
in the sharing of data as many users and organizations demand.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!mks.com!tj From: tj@mks.com (T. J. Thompson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: OS/2 vs. Unix Keywords: Invitation for opinions/flames... Message-ID: <1989Dec19.004113.3367@mks.com> Date: 19 Dec 89 00:41:13 GMT References: <260@ndla.UUCP> <487@lectroid.sw.stratus.com> Reply-To: tj@mks.com (T. J. Thompson) Organization: Mortice Kern Systems, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Lines: 29