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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:5430 comp.os.linux.misc:35400 comp.os.os2.advocacy:79609 alt.folklore.computers:73385 Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy,alt.folklore.computers Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!news.alpha.net!news.mathworks.com!uunet!noc.near.net!monk.proteon.com!jfw From: jfw@proteon.com (John Woods) Subject: Re: Linux thoroughly insulted by Infoworld! Message-ID: <D45nJ6.9Is@proteon.com> Sender: news@proteon.com Nntp-Posting-Host: kerplop.proteon.com Organization: Proteon, Inc., Westborough, Ma. References: <950116203411@lambada> <3hg0ei$f96@yama.mcc.ac.uk> <damir-1002952345140001@damir.mindspring.com> <3ho4v4$1p4@yama.mcc.ac.uk> <3hsttm$2ep@sun1.bham.ac.uk> <3i2aji$80m@cismsun.univ-lyon1.fr> <badger.793039123@aries> Date: Fri, 17 Feb 1995 17:35:30 GMT Lines: 12 badger@aries.scs.uiuc.edu (Jonathan Badger) writes: >> I wholeheartedly agree with you. OSs are supposed to make resources >>available to you, not to take them away. Even OS/2 should be trimmed down >>to 4 Mb (don't tell me it runs well in 4 Mb, I've tried it.) >Well...I think this becoming increasingly irrelevant as memory gets cheaper. >Think about even a compact operating system like Linux vs the original >implementation of UNIX that ran in 64K (yes, 64 *kilobytes*). Wouldn't >users of it consider Linux to be bloated? Yes, we do. ;-)