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From: gl8f@astsun9.astro.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
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Subject: Re: Give me some references on large Unix (mainframe) systems.
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Date: 14 Sep 90 15:50:34 GMT
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In article <1570@kielo.uta.fi> mjk@ohdake.uta.fi (Matti Koskivirta) writes:
>To put it in short : Why is/isn't Unix efficient with mainframe-type
>applications (>200 users) compared to (say) VMS ? How is it with OLTP ?
>I would like to have some real references to convince some people.

And if I can extend the question: on IBM-compatible mainframes, are
there any big shops running OLTP under Unix? Does the software exist
under Unix to do this efficiently?



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