Xref: utzoo comp.arch:22453 comp.unix.ultrix:7111 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!uunet!fernwood!uupsi!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (peter da silva) Newsgroups: comp.arch,comp.unix.ultrix Subject: Re: ACE, buses, and the future of ultrix Message-ID: Date: 6 May 91 14:31:34 GMT Article-I.D.: xds13.DV3B=4A References: <1991Apr30.191117.4373@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> <32459@usc> <816@cadlab.sublink.ORG> Organization: Ferranti International Controls Corporation Lines: 13 In article <816@cadlab.sublink.ORG>, martelli@cadlab.sublink.ORG (Alex Martelli) writes: > I hope this last rumor is wildly unfounded??? We're evaluating a centralized > NFS server, and DS5500 was looking pretty good, but I would be VERY hesitant > to place in such a crucial hub role in our LAN a box from a company who has > just decided its system software is better manufactured by somebody else! Given DEC's past problems with system software, I see this as a hopeful sign. After all, you were already getting ready to buy a DEC product with a mostly third-party O/S. Why not make it explicit? -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' peter@ferranti.com +1 713 274 5180. 'U` "Have you hugged your wolf today?"