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From: lee@stsci.uucp (Lee Butler)
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Subject: Summary of Un*x's for PC/XT
Message-ID: <189@stsci.uucp>
Date: Thu, 22-May-86 09:00:59 EDT
Article-I.D.: stsci.189
Posted: Thu May 22 09:00:59 1986
Date-Received: Sun, 25-May-86 13:39:55 EDT
Organization: Space Telescope Science Institute
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A few weeks ago I posted a request for opinions of Unix clones available
for the PC/XT.  The resposnses I got were divided as follows:

OS		recommendations		Comments
SCO Xenix	II			System III (now System V)
PC/IX		I			System III, no fortran
Venix		I			V7, no overhead from SIII/SV

It is interesting to note that the two recommendations for SCO Xenix also
advised against Venix.  The recommendation of PC/IX was interesting but
because it lacks fortran I dare not select it (my wife the physicist would
be upset at my selecting an OS without a fortran compiler for her use).
The one recommendation of Venix mentioned that Venix is V7 and had less system
overhead than the SIII and SV implementations.

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