long identifiers
Jim Miller
jamiller at hpcupt1.cup.hp.com
Wed Oct 31 04:22:46 AEST 1990
> As regards MS-DOS, you're right again, although
>I might point out that UNIX makes for a more "portable" environment in
>the qualitative sense (it runs on many different processors in systems
>of many different sizes and configurations).
>
>-- Kev
>----------
Ah, "qualitative"?
Do you want it to run on the most MACHINES? MS-DOS
Do you want it to run on the most SELLER'S machines? MS-DOS
Do you want it to run on the most MANUFACTURER'S machines? MS-DOS
Do you want it to run on the most different CPU (chip/CPU only, not
including differences in mother boards)? UNIX
Do you want it to run on the most wide range of mips? UNIX(?)
Do you want it to run on a standard OS that all sellers agree on
the implementation? MS-DOS
(sorry I couldn't resist that last poke).
I'm claiming you have picked a meaning of "qualitative" that is
self serving. *I* never pick my definitions that way :-)
jim - ok. ok. so it's a drift - miller
jamiller at hpmpeb7.cup.hp.com
(a.k.a James A. Miller; Jim the JAM; stupid; @!?$$!; ... )
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