Re: OS/2 2.0 and Unix

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From: Jim Williams
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1991 02:06

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In article <ka5G&fmz1@cs.psu.edu> melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes:
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>What features of OS/2 2.0 are better than Unix or don't exist in Unix?
>I've heard it mentioned several times that the file system in OS/2 is
>better.  Is there anything else?  Personally, I think NeXT has made
>Unix much more appealing to the masses, and they have actually given
>Unix a chance of making it in the "real" world.  Why wait for IBM to
>deliver an OS that NeXT has today?
>
>-Mike

I have a specific question about HPFS vs the Unix file system.  Does
HPFS have anything like links (multiple names for the same file)?  I've
always believed that the concept of links was one of the best ideas in
Unix, and I've missed it on my home machines (first CP/M, now DOS/Windows).
I just might be an OS/2 2.0 convert if I can get hard or soft (symbolic)
links.

Jim
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