Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!mintaka!spdcc!dirtydog.ima.isc.com!ism.isc.com!emisle!dvb From: dvb@emisle.uucp (David Van Beveren) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386 Subject: Re: Summary: What's wrong with SCO (long) Message-ID: <1991May15.022049.4019@emisle.uucp> Date: 15 May 91 02:20:49 GMT References: <1991Apr16.183342.10185@compu.com> <660@genco.bungi.com> <265@harem.clydeunix.com> Reply-To: dvb@emisle.UUCP (David Van Beveren) Organization: Emerald Isle Systems, Ltd. Agoura Hills, CA Lines: 43 In article <265@harem.clydeunix.com> wes@harem.clydeunix.com (Barnacle Wes) writes: >In article <1991Apr26.070424.2756@emisle.uucp> dvb@emisle.UUCP (David Van Beveren) writes: >> Of course, I have been dealing with Decstations and SPARCstations >> recently, so I am used to stuff working out of the box :=) > >In article <660@genco.bungi.com>, dls@genco.bungi.com (Dave L. Smith) retorts: >% How much did your Decstation and your SPARC cost you? I haven't seen It didn't cost me anything. The machines are owned by my customers. My business owns several 386/33's and one 486/33 all running ISC. They are good for doing s/w development when I don't want to travel to the customer's site, but I must admit that the workstations have far superior development environments, like Saber. Even dbxtool is better than anything I have in x86 land. >% any I would buy for my own use with my own income. Really, they are in >% a different class and should be recognized as such. They had better work >% out of the box for over $10K. > >Mr. Van Beveren must not have tried to use NFS on his DECstation if he >is "used to stuff working out of the box." :-( Besides, if they made >every version of unix identical, it would put those of us who know how >to hack around until it works out of a job! :-) > Actually, I have been unsing a DECstation 3100 with drives NFS mounted from a Sun4, a Sparcstation running SunOS 4.0.3, a sun3 running SunOS 4.1.1, two other 3100's running different revs of Ultrix (4.0, 4.1) and a VAX running VMS 5.4. Also, there is occasion to mount a drive from an HP 9000/425 and from an Apollo. It all works perfectly and has ever since it was installed. I don't believe hacking around making it work is really a good way to spend customers' money when I am hired to develop software. > Wes Peters >-- >#include The worst day sailing >My opinions, your screen. is much better than >Raxco had nothing to do with this! the best day at work. > Wes Peters: wes@harem.clydeunix.com ...!sun!unislc!harem!wes -- David Van Beveren INTERNET: emisle!dvb@ism.isc.com EIS ltd. Professional Software Services UUCP: ..uunet!emisle!dvb voice: (818) 587-1247