[11696] in Athena Bugs
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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ongg@MIT.EDU)
Thu Feb 3 17:04:21 1994
From: ongg@MIT.EDU
To: bugs@MIT.EDU
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 94 17:04:18 EST
Hi. It is ridiculous that athena is pushing resnet yet is not supporting Linux.All or most of the athena programs out for Linux are produced by sipb, and
the AFS to NFS translator is not even working properly (for writing at least)
.
Resnet is advertised as a system that will enable students to do coursework
from their own home. But what is on the DOS platform? No UNIX software, no
UNIX support, etc. If Linux were supported as an athena platform, people
would be more willing to join resnet, and they wouldn't have to telnet to
athena.
I know, people with resnet are not supposed to dial up to athena, but I know
many people who do, simply because the software on the DOS platform does not
satisfy their needs.
I use Linux, and I know that Linux is used on campus, enough to warrant
the creation of mit.os.linux. I barely telnet to athena, except for the
most esoteric uses (for instance, programs in /mit/consult) because
Linux and Sipb's support of it lets me zephyr, email, rn, etc. at home.
Please respond. Thank you.
Jay Ongg
