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From: "Alex R.N. Wetmore" <alexw+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: Netbsd and that other operating system
Date: Fri, 10 May 1996 08:29:38 -0400
Organization: Fifth yr. senior, Math/Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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Excerpts from netnews.comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc: 9-May-96 Re: Netbsd and
that other o.. by Douglass E. Davis@gold
> processing, but it's not even worth it. What they need is a simple
> command line interface that can be built on. For instance, I could run a
> plain c++ program if I wanted to, but then I could build windows and stuff
> into it later as necessary.
they = win95.
They have that. Load up MSVC++ (or your favorite development environment)
and go to File/New/Project Workspace. When the dialog box appears say that
you want a console app. Wow, look, you can use printf. You can write
int main(int argc, char **argv) {
printf("hi there\n");
}
Please understand the systems that you are bashing before you bash them.
This capability has been in the Win32 API all along (ie, 2+ years for NT
3.1, almost a year for Win95). It works well. I use it all the time.
Didn't you ever wonder how 32-bit command line programs worked? There
are many of them (like your compiler and linker).
Win95, WinNT, NetBSD, FreeBSD, and Linux all have their places in
the world. I happily run NetBSD on my server box (phred.org), and
I also happily run Win95 and NT on my home box. I don't expect
Win95 to do what my NetBSD box does (handle email for 50 or so
users, run my web server, and run an internet bbs) and I don't
expect NetBSD to do what my Win95/NT box does (word processing,
internet "client", most of my software development). Yes, I can
do all of these things on NetBSD, but the software available for
Win32 platforms makes them more appealing. My Win32 system never
crashes, so stability isn't an issue for me.
Most of my friends seem to feel the same way. At home my parents have
4 machines - 2 Win95, 1 NT, 1 Unix, all doing different things. Many of
my friends have multiple machines as well, one running NetBSD as an
server and one running Win95 as a client box/work environment.
Its a big market, there is no reason to argue about what the best
system is. The best system is the one that allows you to get the
most work done.
alex