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From: guy@rlgvax.UUCP (Guy Harris)
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Subject: Re: Unix on the IBM PC?
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Date: Sat, 4-Feb-84 19:07:59 EST
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Posted: Sat Feb  4 19:07:59 1984
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> So, my question is, what about PC/IX, and other versions for the PC.
> Has anybody had experiences with these that would support or contradict
> my feeling that the PC is a totally unsuitable environment for a
> "real" multi-user Unix, especially if it is intended as a development
> system??

Well, the same complaint could be leveled against any other OS on any
unprotected computer like the PC.  The PC may be messy for a multi-user
system, but there's nothing wrong or unnatural about a single-user UNIX
system.  Protection is useful in a multi-user system to keep one user from
stepping over other users, but if the other users can put up with it it's
not a problem (remember, the original PDP-11/20 UNIX, I believe, was a multi-
user system which provided no protection).  It's all a question of how much
you're willing to put up with.

	Guy Harris
	{seismo,ihnp4,allegra}!rlgvax!guy