From: jcburt@gatsibm.larc.nasa.gov () Subject: Re: Coherent vs. Linux - a comparo Date: 21 Jun 1993 11:52:54 GMT
In article <1993Jun18.221734.13120@osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu> u1086aa@unx.ucc.okstate.edu (11086) writes:
>In article <1993Jun18.203007.21176@sol.UVic.CA> pmacdona@sanjuan (Peter MacDonald) writes:
>>In article <1993Jun18.143817.25986@osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu> u1086aa@unx.ucc.okstate.edu (11086) writes:
>>>In article <1993Jun18.123755.7732@csx.cciw.ca> hcp@csx.cciw.ca (H.C. Pulley) writes:
>
>Next came installing TCP/IP. I forget the name of the configuration
But I bet it was easier than installing TCP/IP on the Coherent system...:-)
>
>My point in this is that Linux is a pain in the butt to get going unless
>you know exactly what to do ahead of time. I had none of the problems
>with partitions, etc. with COHERENT. Nor did I have a problem setting up
>serial communication on COHERENT (which is certainly comparable to setting
>up TCP/IP on Linux).
Ummm...wrong...serial comm and TCP/IP are two very different creatures...
configuring serial communications under Linux SLS distribution consisted
of answering two questions: "do you have a modem (y/n)?" and if you answered
yes, "which port is the modem attached to?". It took maybe another 5 minutes to
get Kermit talking to our main UNIX box via the modem...uhhh real tough...
TCP/IP was much more difficult to get up and running, but no more difficult
than getting TCP/IP running under DOS (FTP Software), or under MAC System (< 7),
or under AIX...Don't compare apples and oranges...
> The difference is automated installation,
>documentation, and support. COHERENT lacks some (many?) of the features
>of Linux, but when it is added you can damn well be sure you can get it
>going with a minimum of trouble. (I don't have Answer's X (yet), but
>based on the posts I've seen it is simple to install.) And when you need
>help, you can ask without worrying about getting deluged with flames because
>you broke some rule about posting despite your best efforts.
>
Lets see...Coherent is good for those who don't know what they are doing,
Linux is good for those who *do* know what they are doing...
John