From: willmore@iastate.edu (David Willmore) Subject: Re: Intel, the Pentium and Linux Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1993 03:03:29 GMT
cdr@hpenv2.lad.lmsc.lockheed.com (Chris Roberson) writes:
>willmore@iastate.edu (David Willmore) writes:
>|>
>|> >The low price RISC PCs you mention (Alpha, R4000) are going to run
>|> >Windows NT, if you consider that a good OS, well...
>|>
>|> Be realistic, there will at least be OSF/1. I consider that to be a very
>|> good operating system.
>|>
>OSF/1 is a good operating system. It's so good that the only company
>using it is DEC. Every other member of the OSF has decided to take
>the pieces which are worthwhile and place them into the current OS.
>This include both HP and IBM. Most people will tell you they would
>trade Ultrix in a moments notice instead of using OSF/1. DEC doesn't
>provide this option on the Alpha machines.
You don't think it's because of all the pain that they would have to go
through to switch all of their customers over to OSF/1, do you? Hmmm?
It was easier for DEC, they were already running a fairly modern Unix.
The same can't be said for HP (still running Sys V) or IBM (running
that basterdized AIX). Have you ever worked with OSF/1? Your comments
make me think that you haven't.
Later,
David
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