Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!uwvax!zazen!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!menudo.uh.edu!lobster!moxie!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386 Subject: Re: sysv386 vs. ILC/SLC??? Message-ID: Date: 8 Feb 91 22:26:42 GMT References: <1991Feb4.132518.18331@arrayb.uucp> Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Distribution: usa Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 17 In article <1991Feb4.132518.18331@arrayb.uucp> warner@arrayb.uucp (Dave Warner) writes: > I would like to pose a question for discussion, i.e.: > Why would anyone buy a NEW 33 MHz '486 PC to run > UNIX(tm) vs. buying an ILC or SLC from Sun??? Or, > for that matter, an S4000 from Solbourne??? Good DOS emulation. Commodity priced peripherals. Slots. Installed base. And for folks in the know: Sun's habit of abandoning users in their never-ending quest for MIPS. -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' peter@ferranti.com +1 713 274 5180. 'U` "Have you hugged your wolf today?"