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From: rick@tmiuv0.uucp
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: ESIX
Message-ID: <2711@tmiuv0.uucp>
Date: 28 Jun 90 10:33:00 GMT
References: <982@lehi3b15.csee.Lehigh.EDU>
Organization: Technology Marketing Inc., Irvine, CA
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In article <982@lehi3b15.csee.Lehigh.EDU>, jearly@lehi3b15.csee.Lehigh.EDU (John Early) writes:
> I'm looking to buy a sysV for a '386, and have heard Esix reccomended several
> different places.  Anybody here have anything to say about it?  Also, I heard
> that there is a new release coming out soon.  True?  How soon?
> Thanks,
> John.

I'm running ESIX SVR3.2.2C and it's quite good.  The new version is "on the
streets", but they're a bit behind on shipments (looks like everyone wanted
it, including me).  I like their upgrade policy, too.  "Send us your boot
disk and $99.00 (U.S.), and we'll ship it out".

So far, I've had no problems at all with ESIX.  It just seems to run and
run.  The gang at ESIX tech support have been helpful in the extreme, even
to the point of having me come in with my system so they could actually walk
me through some stuff and sort out some flakiness in their manuals (most of
which were cockpit problems on my part).

You can't beat the price for ESIX.  A full unlimited user development package
with all the manuals goes for about $800.  Only downside to ESIX is that they
don't have (or sell) the DOS emulator, or the Documentor's Workbench, or
some of the other add-ons, but both SCO's and Interactive's stuff runs on it.
I understand that ESIX will have that stuff available in the future.

My recommendation:  Buy it!
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