Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!munnari.oz.au!uhccux!cfht.hawaii.edu!jwright From: jwright@cfht.hawaii.edu (Jim Wright) Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp Subject: Re: Switching from Sun to HP: some general questions Message-ID: Date: 17 May 91 05:37:31 GMT Article-I.D.: cfht.jwright.674458651 References: <1730085@hpcndjdz.CND.HP.COM> Sender: news@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu Lines: 19 jason@hpcndjdz.CND.HP.COM (Jason Zions) writes: >The 700 is the current X performance champion, and the >HP X implementation has always had a reputation for solidity. No question about the performance of the 700. But for the day that is was using a 720, mwm dumped core at least a dozen times. But it dumped core *fast*. >The only >remaining issue is whether HP will ship libXaw.a (i.e. the Athena widgets) >or require folks to acquire the Athena goo and build it themselves. Yes, please! Put it in /usr/unsupported if you have to, but include it. We know you use it internally, since you ship xload. -- Jim Wright jwright@cfht.hawaii.edu Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Corp.