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From: montnaro@sprite.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: Percentage of VAXs running some form of UNIX compared to VMS?
Message-ID: <1260@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 4-Mar-87 13:21:12 EST
Article-I.D.: steinmet.1260
Posted: Wed Mar  4 13:21:12 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 7-Mar-87 00:06:34 EST
References: <473@bcsaic.UUCP> <4795@shemp.ucla-cs.UCLA.EDU>
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Reply-To: montnaro@sprite.UUCP (Skip Montanaro)
Organization: General Electric CRD, Schenectady, NY
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Keywords: VMS VAX UNIX

In article <4795@shemp.ucla-cs.UCLA.EDU> cracraft@sonia.UUCP (Stuart M. Cracraft) writes:
>In article <473@bcsaic.UUCP> djd@bcsaic.UUCP (Dennis J. Doherty) writes:
>>I was wondering if any person out there has a guess (or real data) on
>>the percent of VAXs that are running UNIX (Ultrix, 4.x, System V, ?)
>>as compared to VMS??  
>>
>
>I believe the figures I heard were 10% Unix, 90% VMS. 

Stuart's numbers may reflect the current installed base, however, just last
week, our DEC sales crew told me that approximately half the VAXes DEC sells
are shipped with Ultrix.




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