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Xref: sserve comp.unix.user-friendly:2848 comp.unix.solaris:22359 comp.unix.programmer:19784 comp.unix.misc:13776 comp.unix.aux:15356 comp.unix.bsd:14829 comp.unix.aix:43627 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!enews.sgi.com!sgigate.sgi.com!sgiblab!uhog.mit.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!news.umbc.edu!haven.umd.edu!umd5.umd.edu!not-for-mail From: brewer@hamlet.umd.edu (Peter Brewer) Newsgroups: comp.unix.user-friendly,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.programmer,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.aux,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.aix Subject: Re: xargs and alias commands Date: 24 Aug 1994 16:36:04 -0400 Organization: University of Maryland, College Park Lines: 46 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <33gavk$1sg@hamlet.umd.edu> References: <33af70$8rd@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> <33e3kt$i1i@wombat.cssc-syd.tansu.com.au> <33eevl$eja@hamlet.umd.edu> <id.71EC1.Z_5@nmti.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: hamlet.umd.edu In article <id.71EC1.Z_5@nmti.com>, Peter da Silva <peter@nmti.com> wrote: >In article <33eevl$eja@hamlet.umd.edu>, >Peter Brewer <brewer@hamlet.umd.edu> wrote: >> SAVE Mac Desktop Unix! Tell Apple to continue A/UX! Don't Let It >> Happen Again!-> >> "Just about every computer on the market today runs Unix, except the Mac >> (and nobody cares about it)." -- Bill Joy 6/21/85 > >One word: MacBSD. > > That ain't working, that's the way to do it > Software for nothing and the source is free... > I want my.. I want my.. I want my Bee Ess Dee... >-- >Peter da Silva `-_-' MacBSD is an extremely interesting hobby/toy. It does not have A/UX's MAS environment yet, ( although the PowerOpen/MAS white paper calls for running the Mac desktop in an X window like Liken, MAE before it which seems a bit less than elegant to me), and there is much else which is missing at this point. That is not to say that the developers did not do good work, they should be highly praised. But even they are aware of the limitations of their 'thesis/project' and it seems like most have now moved on to other things. Their kernel is based on NetBSD or BSD4.4 the last release, maybe it would have been better to base on something which continues on beyond the end of the BSD project, such as the GNU Hurd kernel from M.I.T. or the Linus kernel (Linus). Consider it from a commercial support point of view: public domain projects such as GNU and Linux have HUGE followings of commercial and individual entities who care about whether they continue or not. Albeit, the Intel architecture is an AWFUL one to work with at the assembly language/driver level compared with Motorola machines but there are alot more of them out there. And Apple machines have many quirks when compared to Amigas or Intel based PCs in terms of trying to get things done. I myself am interesting in working on MacBSD, but I wonder how realistic it may be to hope it would soon spring into a full feature laden competitor with A/UX or the inelegant AIX/MAS integration. -- Peter -- SAVE Mac Desktop Unix! Tell Apple to continue A/UX! Don't Let It Happen Again!-> "Just about every computer on the market today runs Unix, except the Mac (and nobody cares about it)." -- Bill Joy 6/21/85 ********* Peter W. Brewer brewer@umd5.umd.edu **********************