Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!rutgers!mit-eddie!bbn.com!fkittred From: fkittred@bbn.com (Fletcher Kittredge) Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp Subject: Re: Switching from Sun to HP: some general questions Message-ID: <63670@bbn.BBN.COM> Date: 11 Apr 91 18:35:30 GMT References: Sender: news@bbn.com Reply-To: fkittred@spca.bbn.com (Fletcher Kittredge) Organization: Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., Cambridge MA Lines: 16 In article tml@tik.vtt.fi (Tor Lillqvist) writes: >In article jjc@jclark.UUCP (James Clark) writes: > >But you are right that SunOS does have some nice features that HP-UX hasn't >got (yet). Like dynamic linking, enhanced ptrace(2), interesting new >filesystem types, automounter... It's not fair to call these featrures >"standards," though. On the other hand, the HP-UX approach to diskless >workstations might be better than SunOS's. This is out of date. HP-UX 8.0.1 does include dynamic linking. However, automounter not being there is a major drawback, though you can use AMD. Fletcher Kittredge Platforms and Tools Group, BBN Software Products 10 Fawcett Street, Cambridge, MA. 02138 617-873-3465 / fkittred@bbn.com / fkittred@das.harvard.edu