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From: raney@yertle.Colorado.EDU (Scott Raney)
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Subject: Re: SCO UNIX/System V 386 (the advantages of)
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Date: 3 Apr 91 20:26:02 GMT
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The same code under UNIX runs almost twice as fast as under OS/2 on
the same system (check out the benchmarks in the magazine Personal
Workstation if you don't believe me).  So, compiles and links take far
less time which means better productivity.

Not having to shut down your windowing system to do compiles and links
(as is the typical procedure with MS Windows) saves enourmous amounts
of time.  Of course, you can also run a debugger in a window (which
still doesn't work right on Windows).

When your program dies, it doesn't take out the whole operating system
as is common under Windows (and happens occasionally under OS/2).  And
afterwards, UNIX apps leave a core file around that one can use to
determine what went wrong.

Developers using X/Xt/Motif can get all the source code to the libraries
(X/Xt source is free), making debugging the weird cases much easier.

If it weren't for the greater market presence of MS-Windows, I'd say
developing there was strictly for masochists and under-achievers. As
for me, I'll continue to develop for SCO UNIX, and wait for the weak
framework Windows is built on to collapse under the load.  Hopefully
when the dust settles, the UNIX market share will be the one to
expand.  I would personally like to thank Microsoft and IBM for making
the Windows and Presentation Manager API's so incompatible, and for
playing so many games with the positioning of OS/2.  Maybe the stuff
I'm working on may be worth something someday.

Of course, I realize it may be a long wait 8^)

Scott Raney

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