Unix OS's and GUI's.

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From: B E Verins
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 1995 05:13

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Jim Frost wrote:

>>I'm a huge fan of UNIX.  It's the closest thing to developer nirvana
I've run across, and I use it every day.  But it is quite wrong to
attribute the above vendors' sales to UNIX when there's no data
whatsoever on how well a competitor might have done.  If you look at
markets in which UNIX does have competitors you find that it doesn't
do so well, eg the PC, Mac II, and IBM mainframe environments.<<

Well, UNIX may be developer's nirvana, but are there GUI shells in
existance that are as easy to use as Amiga Workbench 3.1, or System 7.5? I
think this is the one thing holding back the spread of UNIX as a really
popular OS (I'm talking seeling UNIX w/GUI in electronics stores like the
WIZ, here). I've heard of XWindows (very long time ago). What's new in
Unix OS's?

-----------------> RICHARD HAGEN <------------------
... "Cower beneath my multitasking MIGHT!!! " ...

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