Ben Franchuk wrote:
>
> Dave McGuire wrote:
> > Oh yes, most definitely...I run NetBSD in production at a number of
> > sites, and it's wonderful. I only mentioned Linux specifically
> > because we were specifically discussing Linux. While I like Linux a
> > LOT, I don't consider it production-ready enough to bet my dinner on
> > it.
> Windows/Linux both need several meg to run. 32 bit addressing is the
> killer here. The 386+ is optimized for 8 bit or 32 bit addressing.
> Guess what gets used the most.
> Now Give me OS/9, that was easy on memory.
8 users, 2 drives, 2 printers, 192K of ram - the Gimix Ghost. Damn I wish
I had that system! I have 3 6809 systems that run modified Coco OS9 (level
I). I love it actually! :-) I think I have 2 or 3 68K OS9/OSK boxes.
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Received on Fri Dec 14 2001 - 07:03:51 GMT