🚀 go-pugleaf

Joe Sloan (jjs@dostoevsky.ucr.edu) wrote:
: In article <DDBsLu.IAq@inesc.pt>,
: Jaime Lares Rebelo Pinto <jlp@cheeta.inesc.pt> wrote:
: >
: >    Many Macs can run UNIX, so they can run UNIX software. If UNIX sales for
: >the Mac were not very high, that's because users didn't want it, even
: >knowing that they would be able to run some Mac apps on top of it.
: >
: >    If I would run UNIX on my Mac, I would be able to run vi on it!
: >Great! :-)

: Not to mention sendmail, xdm, inetd, syslogd...

    I don't intend to use my Mac as a server.

: You really don't need all the power and complexity of Unix if all
: you're looking for is vi. After all, vi is even available for Dos,

    Some people around here believe that all people need UNIX,
no mater what they do.

: so if you can't find MacVi(R), just fire up SoftPeeCee...

: (Yes, I realize you were kidding about vi, as if that the were the 
: main attraction of Unix)

    In fact, I still use vi in UNIX and DOS, and I like it. :-)

    Important software for me, like sequencers with audio, don't run
on UNIX, so if I would have UNIX in my Mac, vi would probably be the
main atraction. :-).


    Cheers,
    Jaime.