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Subject: Re: A breath of fresh air..
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James writes:

> Actually, there is something magic about Unix.  Unix,
> on its own, is so primitive, and any system can be
> built on top of it.

Yes, that occurred to me.  But when you build heavily on a primitive system,
you end up with a completely new system.

> I am now to the point where I use exclusively
> MacOS X on my laptop instead of the Windows
> PC on my desk at work.  MacOS X really is Unix,
> but it has a bautiful interface and brilliantly
> designed windowing system on top of it.

Can you return to a console interface if you wish?  Does it run X clients
and servers?  Can multiple users log into the system remotely?

> Want to build a real-time system?  Start with
> Unix.  Want to build a batch processing system?
> Start with Unix.  Want a compute server to handle
> MATLAB for 120 people at a shot?  Start with Unix.

Want to build whatever your heart desires?  Start with a boot record.




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