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>Gnu *nix: The time for it is now!

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From: Nicholas Yue
Date: Sun, 04 Nov 1990 01:58
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In reply to withrow@vino.enet.dec.com rally cry, 

>Lets start parcelling out the work.  Let's settle on a machine architecture
>for the first version.  Lets start writing code!  I volenteer!  What
>about you!  Come on, FSF, get us INVOLVED.  WE WANT TO WRITE CODE!!!

I would like to express my support for him and his supporters. I would like
to get INVOLVED too and WRITE CODE!!!

But having only a PC, how am I able to help in speeding up the kernel
devlopment. I read of GNU in 1985 in Dr. Dobbs Journal and have not heard
much since then. I have been patiently waiting for this 'kernel' which seems
to be another 'vapour ware' IMHO.

GNU's stuff have been ported to many machine, IRISs, SUNs etc... but officially
a PC port did not catch on very well. But remember, not that many of us can
afford to own a SUN or IRIS, even if we do, we might not be allowed to tear it
apart to experiment with a new kernel. This leaves us with using a PC or some
thing less expensive ( not forgetting AMIGA and ATARI ST etc...)

I have trying to contact withrow@vino.enet.dec.com but to no avail, I keep
getting the answer 'unknown host'. Maybe it is my system's fault.

I sincerely would like to help in speeding up the RSN state of GNU's kernel.
But how can I help as a PC owner??????

nicholas@woylie.cs.uwa.oz.au
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From: nicholas@bilby.cs.uwa.oz.au (Nicholas Yue)
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Subject: >Gnu *nix: The time for it is now!
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Date: 4 Nov 90 01:58:10 GMT
Organization: Dept. Computer Science, University of Western Australia.
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Posted: Sun Nov  4 02:58:10 1990