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From: thurm@shorty.CS.WISC.EDU (Matthew Thurmaier)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386,comp.windows.x,comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: ESIX Networks and X
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Date: 6 Dec 89 06:10:38 GMT
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In article <10855@megatest.UUCP> palowoda@megatest.UUCP (Bob Palowoda) writes:
>
>[text deleted....] In my opinion the ESIX
>package with NFS and PC-NFS is cost effective and would be productive in
>an office enviorment. I think ISC or SCO is going to have a hard time
>to justify the cost in this arena.
>
> There is also support for SCSI drives. I beleive with the adaptec controller.
>
>All in all I'm quite happy with what Everex did with ESIX. These are
>my opinions. I'm sure there are other out there that will disagree with me.
>I'm sure I'll have more to say about X after I make some changes in my 
>system. (And afford it, expensive little hobby here.)
>
>---Bob
> Bob Palowoda    *Home of Fiver BBS*                   login: bbs               
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Bob... Wait a minute.... I know ESIX is a pretty good deal BUT, have you
looked at Open Desktop from SCO.  Lets see, according to the add I have
here in front of me ESIX includes:
	1.) runtime O.S.
	2.) dev sys.
	3.) X-Sight
	4.) Streams
	availability of NFS and other goodies (looks like add-ons)

Open Desktop INCLUDES NFS, INGRESS, NFS, and a couple of more goodies for
only $100 more!  YOU CAN'T BEAT THAT.

Flames to me.....
Matthew.
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