Xref: utzoo comp.sys.apple:14132 comp.sys.apollo:2953 comp.unix.aux:1054 comp.unix.questions:14478 comp.sys.mac:33906 comp.sys.dec:1445 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!bionet!apple!apple.com!fair From: fair@apple.com (Erik E. Fair) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple,comp.sys.apollo,comp.unix.aux,comp.unix.questions,comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.dec Subject: Re: Academic workstations Message-ID: <2467@internal.Apple.COM> Date: 24 Jun 89 19:52:52 GMT Sender: usenet@Apple.COM Distribution: usa Organization: Engineering Computer Operations Lines: 11 References:<507@lclark.UUCP> <2302@internal.Apple.COM> <5386@rpi.edu> <8732@venera.isi.edu> In article <8732@venera.isi.edu> raveling@venera.isi.edu (Paul Raveling) writes: > HP & DEC are probably close, but we have mainly Sun & HP > workstations; I don't have much DEC experience to confirm > this suspicion. Sun's software (e.g., C compiler) is often > visibly less refined and more trouble-prone than HP's. Just try getting Ultrix source from DEC. When you do, you'll find out that it is "for reference purposes only." Erik E. Fair apple!fair fair@apple.com