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From: nigel@cnw01.storesys.coles.oz.au (Nigel Harwood)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Ultrix, how far of the pace ?
Message-ID: <1130@cnw01.storesys.coles.oz.au>
Date: 17 Nov 90 03:28:07 GMT
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Organization: Coles Myer Ltd., Melbourne, Australia
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Some folks around here have been looking at different
UNIX boxes and one of them is a DEC 5100 running ULTRIX
(I assume the latest version, 4.1 ?).

Some of the other contenders are offering SYS V.4 and AIX.

How does ULTRIX compare to SYS V.4 and AIX ?

Being from a SYS V world previously I have a preference for
SYS V.4, feeling that ULTRIX is not *real* UNIX.

This is probably unfair and founded on ignorance on my part of
ULTRIX.

So, straighten me out, is ULTRIX a *real* UNIX or confirm my fears that
it is behind the pace of V.4 and even AIX.

If you do have some reservations about ULTRIX, as a product and in
comparison to V.4 and AIX please be specific so that I can put together
a resonable summary to work further on.

As this topic has a large religious component *please* respond to me via
E-Mail, I'll post a summary if warranted.

Regards
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