5/12/00 2:15:49 AM
I have wanted to learn unix fro quite awhile, but I would really like to have been
able to use one or two of the proprietary systems
that were run on "big iron", as built by Sperry, IBM, Control Data, Data General,
Borroughs,etc.
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
Boanne Lorraine-> 5/11/00 8:51:25 PM ->
>Hi Ben,
>
>You wrote:
>
>}- }- I am sorry I missed the big boys, UNIX. That is the true
>}- }- root from which everything else has grown as far as I'm
>}- }- concerned.
>
>}- Why not catch up now? FreeBSD is a 'real' UNIX, based on BSD
>}- 4.3 itself I think. Linux is technically very UNIX-like, but
>}- I'm not sure if UNIFIX have certified it a 'real' UNIX, and it
>}- certainly isn't based on the original source like BSD is.
>
>Now you will all no doubt have a very big laugh at my expense...
>
>But what the hell. I have thought about this, and you're right,
>I could catch up. But I doubt that the sense of romance, mystery,
>and unbridled creativity would be the same. Besides, I would
>want a very big network to play with. Courage (or insanity) was
>never a problem for me.
>
>Boanne
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