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From: wag1@cbnewsl.att.com (d.wagley)
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Subject: Re: New HP machines Bad News for NeXT??
Summary: compared to what?
Message-ID: <1991May21.114233.12959@cbnewsl.att.com>
Date: 21 May 91 11:42:33 GMT
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In article <ur2Hc*?9@cs.psu.edu>, melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes:
> 
> HP-UX seems to be different enough, that pulling programs off the net
> and compiling them is nontrivial.  However, I'm willing to be very
> forgiving of a 56 mip machine(cheap Snake).  HP pulled off a major
> coup with the Snakes, but from what I hear their OS is a major
> drawback.  OSF/1 is supposed to be offered later this year, which
> should help them.

Different enough compared to what? I've been developing on HP-UX for over
a year now and I don't find it significantly different from other Unix
systems that I've used. I've moved 'C' code to and from Suns, Vaxes, 386s
without any porting problems.

					Doug