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From: Tim Wilson <twils1@telxon.com>
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Subject: Re: FIVE GOOD REASONS WHY IBM'S ARE BETTER THAN MACS
Date: Mon, 08 Apr 1996 16:14:50 -0500
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hybridv, hybridv wrote:
[ major snip ]
> ok let see about the macos.... how many os's are currently out
> there for the mac? um ONE! and for pcs? in the neighborhood of 4-5...
Actually, I know of at least 2 other OS' for the Mac besides Mac-OS. Ever hear of
an OS called OS-9?? (I know, not very well known, but it DOES exist). No?? Ok,
what about AUX? (Unix written by Apple) Gee, you'd think that since this was
posted in comp.unix.shell you would have at least heard of that one!!! As for
OS's for PCS, well, I think there's a h*ll of a lot more than 4 or 5. Ok, we
have, MS-Dos, PC-Dos, Novell-Dos, Linux, Sco UNIX, Sco Xenix, OS/2, Windows 95,
Windows NT, Pick, OS-9000, and on and on and on. (Notice I did not include
Windows 3.1. It is NOT an OS, just a GUI). Even though I am a PC user (hey, what
a great gaming platform! :-) ), I have suggested to many newbies that they get a
Mac. I mean, if they can't figure out a "bomb" on a Mac, how are they gonna
figure out a GPF in Windoze, especially since they tend to happen a lot more
often. As for programming, I personally don't like programming in any GUI. So,
if we're just dealing with chips, 680x0 assembly is a lot easier (to me) than
80x86 assembly. And, I took a class on 80x86 assembly, but learned 680x0 assembly
as I debugged C programs.
Oh, and while we're at it, why don't we just post this to '*'???? It seems it is
already posted there. [Snipping some newsgroups, including comp.unix.shell and
comp.unix.solaris, I mean, who cares?]
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_/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/| _/| Tim Wilson
_/ _/ _/ |_/ / E-Mail: twils1@telxon.com
_/ _/ _/ _/ My opinions are just that, mine. Do you think
_/ _/_/_/ _/ _/
anyone else would claim them?