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From: bill@unixland.natick.ma.us (Bill Heiser)
Subject: Re: Thinking about buying UNIX for home, be careful w/ Dell
Message-ID: <1991Jun23.032722.20468@unixland.natick.ma.us>
Organization: Think_Tank BBS & Public Access Unix
References: <20019@franz.Franz.COM> <1991Jun19.212022.8898@unixland.natick.ma.us> <1991Jun21.184627.2681@nstar.rn.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 91 03:27:22 GMT

In article <1991Jun21.184627.2681@nstar.rn.com> larry@nstar.rn.com (Larry Snyder) writes:
>
>not really considering that Dell SVR4 comes with DOS support (what
>is that  - another $300 for ESIX SVR4 users?  And don't forget the
>fact that if you want VPIX with ESIX SVR4 you need to find another
>vendor - so in case of problems - the VPix vendor can blame it on
>the UNIX - and visa-versa

Good point.  What does DELL come with, DOS-MERGE or some such thing,
or is it VP/ix?

I have VP/ix for my ESIX 3.2 system, but don't even have it installed
right now.  I'm NOT impressed.  I'd rather keep the kernel size down
so I only have the stuff installed that I really need.


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