Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!van-bc!heuvax!nheu From: nheu@heuvax.wimsey.bc.ca (Norman Heu) Newsgroups: comp.os.coherent Subject: Re: Coherent vs. MINIX Message-ID: Date: 17 Jun 91 21:49:30 GMT References: <10834@idunno.Princeton.EDU> Distribution: comp Organization: Private Node in Vancouver, BC, Canada Lines: 29 In article <10834@idunno.Princeton.EDU> rlwald@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Robert L. Wald) writes: > > [many good questions about Coherent and Minix > which I don't have answers to] > > Is there *anything* that Coherent has that Minix doesn't? Is it supposed to be > more reliable? I haven't run either system, but the impression I've gathered from over the net is that Coherent is easier to run out of the box. Coherent also comes with more utilities out of the box. Minix has many more utilities available, but you'll need to FTP them from all over the place. And if you can't FTP.. -Norm > >-Rob > >-- >"Suddenly the Earth Coincidence Control Office (ECCO) removed my >penis and handed it to me ... I shouted, "Who's in charge up there, >a bunch of crazy kids?" -John Lilly >rlwald@phoenix.princeton.edu -- // Norman Heu \X/ nheu@heuvax.wimsey.bc.ca -or- uunet!heuvax.wimsey.bc.ca!nheu