From: Keith Mancus (mancus@sweetpea.jsc.nasa.gov)
Date: 05/02/93


From: mancus@sweetpea.jsc.nasa.gov (Keith Mancus)
Subject: Re: Intel, the Pentium and Linux
Date: Sun, 2 May 1993 17:43:09 GMT

pmkierst@flash.LakeheadU.Ca writes:
> Yes. I have seen a lot of comments to the effect of "Linux is unstable, and
> commercial unices are much more stable", etc.
> [comparing being a user on a commercial unix and admin. on linux is _not_
> the same thing]...

> Paul Kierstead
> pmkierst@flash.lakeheadu.ca
 
  Well, I'm an admin on both an SGI network and my Linux box. Both
Linux and Irix are good OS's; neither one is bug free. The biggest
difference I see between the two is that Linux bugs are fixed and the patches
posted before I can blink, while SGI bugs (like those of any commerical Unix)
have to wait for the next release and may not be fixed even then.

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 Keith Mancus    <mancus@butch.jsc.nasa.gov>                           |
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