Re: NAND -- Not ANother DOS

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From: some great stormfowl, whenever h...
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 1989 20:07

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In article <NELSON.89Dec8093300@image.clarkson.edu> nelson@clutx.clarkson.edu writes:
>Freemacs is already covered by the copyleft.

This I know.  I was talking of politeness, not legalities.

Oh, I have been getting letters about NAND that seem to miss
the point.  I am not suggesting that MSDOS-OS/2 level PCs are
the wave of the future.  I am suggesting they are fun toys
and would be more fun if we had some well coordinated free
software project going.  There was decent software being turned
out for 8-bit micros well into the age of 16-bit micros.
8-bit micros remained fun.  Also, there is always room for
development software that can reside on prototypes of embedded
systems--so FORTH would be a natural part of the NAND project,
and other such software.

NAND is not GNU.  It is something related, but different.
GNU is out there to produce a professional system.  NAND
is out there to produce a professional quality toy.

No competition intended, Mr. Stallman.  Keep up the good work.


-- 
Barry Schwartz, Chief SAPsucker                  bbs@cdspr.rutgers.edu
Grad Student, Dept. of Elec. and Comp. Engg.     bschwart@elbereth.rutgers.edu
Rutgers University College of Engg.              bbs@hankel.rutgers.edu
Piscataway, NJ 08854    U.S.A.                   rutgers!cdspr!bbs

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