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From: rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: wanted: UNIX or clone
Message-ID: <9104231242.36@rmkhome.UUCP>
Date: 23 Apr 91 22:00:00 GMT
References: <1991Apr16.173457.14365@nstar.rn.com> <1991Apr16.225637.463@unixland.uucp> <9104182040.41@rmkhome.UUCP> <1991Apr21.222710.410@unixland.uucp>
Reply-To: rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly)
Organization: The Man With Ten Cats
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In article <1991Apr21.222710.410@unixland.uucp> bill@unixland.uucp (Bill Heiser) writes:
>In article <9104182040.41@rmkhome.UUCP> rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly) writes:
>>
>>Well, there will be 386 box in my forseeable future.  I will not want to run
>>a 286 protected mode kernel on a 32 bit machine.  If the Coherent 32 bit VM
>>kernel is available at that point, I will probably go for it.  Otherwise, I
>>would probably use ISC, since I have had a fair amount of experience with
>>their package.
>>
>
>
>(donning flame-retardent suit, I can see the flame throwers being aimed 
>already :-)
>
>Rick -- Considering the similarities between ISC and ESIX -- would you
>really spend the extra money for ISC?  This is a home system, right?

You do have a point there.  ESIX has the price advantage.  And I don't really
want to pay much over $1000 for UNIX.  I would probably look at ESIX before
I put my money on the table.  I just happen to have a fair amount of 
experience with ISC, and none with ESIX.

Rick Kelly	rmk@rmkhome.UUCP	frog!rmkhome!rmk	rmk@frog.UUCP