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#! rnews 2755 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!serv.hinet.net!news.cc.nctu.edu.tw!nctuccca.edu.tw!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: alt.fan.bill-gates,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,alt.org.team-os2,alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Is Microsoft's Internet plan more about its love of power than about users? Followup-To: alt.fan.bill-gates,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,alt.org.team-os2,alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Date: 31 May 1996 12:02:10 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 26 Message-ID: <4omjji$dd@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <4mlpnf$d4p@sidhe.memra.com> <4mrg49$pok@dfw-ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> <4muhf9$giv@phobos.Candle.Com> <4npu4t$c7j@access1.digex.net> <4o0a60$9ff@kf8nh.apk.net><4mlpnf$d4p@sidhe.memra.com> <4mrg49$pok@dfw-ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> <4muhf9$giv@phobos.Candle.Com> <4npu4t$c7j@access1.digex.net> <4o0a60$9ff@kf8nh.apk.net> <4o4616$gg@anorak.coverform.lan> <4oe1bc$b2b@phobos.Candle.Com> X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au alt.fan.bill-gates:22799 comp.os.ms-windows.nt.misc:108379 comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc:144061 comp.os.os2.advocacy:206467 comp.sys.mac.advocacy:110503 comp.os.linux.advocacy:50655 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:20431 Ralph Goers (rgoer@rgoer.candle.com) wrote: : :> : :>: On the flip side, REXX is also available for Unix. : :> : :>IBM are getting respectable these days... or did someone else port : it ? : In case you didn't know, IBM sells AIX, its version of Unix. REXX for : AIX is extremely inexpensive. Ah, IMHO, "available for unix" means source code that will compile under varying Unix flavours or something that's for sale for several Unix flavours. "REXX is available for AIX" is what you meant. I'm not saying that AIX isn't unix - I think it's one of the most intuitive commercial Unixes I've seen. I've looked briefly at REXX. The bad bit is it's not easy for me 'cos some things are just "not the way I'd do it" - I'm used to the unix shell approach. The good bit is that it can do just about everything - as you originally said. Why don't IBM make the REXX source code public ??!? -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....