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From: dgreen@squid.cs.ucla.edu (Dan R. Greening)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: HP-UX: unacceptable  [Was: root-over-nfs under HP-UX 6.5]
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Date: 22 Nov 89 20:24:37 GMT
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In article <3613@frame.UUCP> dpb@viking.UUCP (Don Bennett) writes:

>Although I share your sentiments in general, you should restrict
>your particulars to things that are real problems.
>
>If the R3 server doesn't work for you, its for one of two reasons:
>(a) You're using a frame buffer they didn't support in R3;
>    (I hear this won't be as much of a problem in R4)
>(b) You're using the optimizer on 6.5 - DON'T.
>    (I agree with the folks who think that a broken optimizer
>     is worse than useless)

The answer is probably "b".  The software engineer I talked to at
HP didn't mention that possibility, so in a sense it was a real problem.
(Some of us assume optimizers work.)

The missing R3 Xhp toolkit, and the lack of adequate networking software
are real problems.  An anonymous FTP site, if kept up-to-date, would help
solve similar problems in the future.  Comments from HP?

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