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From: parker@mprvaxa.UUCP (Ross Parker)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Mt. Xinu vs Ultrix
Message-ID: <1186@mprvaxa.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 3-May-87 03:45:24 EDT
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Posted: Sun May  3 03:45:24 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 5-May-87 01:18:32 EDT
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	Can anyone out there let me in on the relative merits of Mt. Xinu
4.3 unix with NFS versus Ultrix?

	We are currently running Ultrix 1.2 (and waiting for 2.0). I am
interested in finding out the differences between the two (other than the
fact that Ultrix is a 4.2 clone versus Mt. Xinu's 4.3), and whether Mt. Xinu 
offers support (or if anyone other than DEC does) for:

	- DECserver 200's (DEC's ethernet terminal servers)
	- DECnet  (we need to communicate with the VMS world also... argh!)

	The machines are Microvax II's (8 or 10 of them... I lose count! :-),
some running Ultrix, some VMS.

	One problem with Ultrix is that we currently don't have source, and
it is horrendously expensive (around $22,000 CDN - on top of the AT&T licence).
I would imagine that Mt. Xinu is cheaper. It would be *really* nice to have
source, but 22 grand is a bit much.

	If anyone has any comments/opinions about either Mt. Xinu or Ultrix,
drop me a line via email. I will summarize the responses I get to the net,
in case anyone else is interested.

	Thanks all,

-- 
Ross Parker ...ihnp4!alberta!ubc-vision!mprg!parker | Any resemblance to any
Microtel Pacific Research Ltd.			    | person, living or dead,
Burnaby, B.C.,					    | is purely coincidental.
Canada, eh?					    | Unless I really meant it.