Date   : Wed, 01 Dec 1982 1736-:00EST
From   : Tony <Li@Rutgers>
Subject: CP/M 3.0

I tend to agree with Lauren's analysis of CP/M Plus. I do think that
it is a big improvement over 2.2, but I also feel that it is not
enough of an improvement. Hopefully MARC will present us with a
better micro-os. CP/M has been out of date for many years now, and it
is time for some fresh blood. Micro-Unix of any flavor is probably
great for a hacker, but for the real business world, it would be a
disaster. 

For those of you who Hate DRI. Remember that DRI is not out to cater
to hackers, and that the money for DRI lies in large OEM-business
types. If you have problems with software that screws up page zero,
that's your problem. You can't expect a company to support someone
else's hack, especially when it is performing functions which are
specifically not meant to be done. What do you think DEC or IBM would
say if you poked one of their monitors (EXECs) and then blamed them
for bad software?

I come not to praise DRI or CP/M but to point out that it is
obsolete, and was never intended as a hacker's nirvana.

Tony