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From: rjd@tiger.UUCP.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Sun vs. 3B2 (was: Ksh availabil
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Date: Mon, 2-Nov-87 11:26:00 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov  2 11:26:00 1987
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Nf-From: tiger.UUCP!rjd    Nov  2 10:26:00 1987


>                                                       ...... Someone else
> replied "No, you can buy the binaries for the 3b2 and from third parties". To
> which I said "Fine if you have a 3b2 or a Vax, the rest of us are just out of
> luck." And then some obnoxio from AT&T posted "Well buy a 3b2 then! You need
> one anyhow!" To which I replied that I needed a 3b2 like I needed a hole in my
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> head, and that for the money, I could probably buy a faster machine better
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> suited for my uses (let's face it, I don't have any need for a multiuser
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> widget with glass TTY interface). .........

And I quote:
> Hate to burst your bubble, but if I had the $10,000 for a 3b2, there is a
> whole host of other machines in that price range which provide more bang for
> the buck, with a better version of Unix, too (Pet Peeve #123123). Ain't no way
> that the poor old WE CPU in the 3b2 is gonna keep up with no 16mhz 
> 68020... 
>      Eric Green   elg@usl.CSNET      Snail Mail P.O. Box 92191       

  Sounds like you started it with these attacks on a product you are obviously
unfamiliar with.  I agree on one point: for personal use a 3B2 is overkill, I
would rather buy a PC for home use.  "some obnoxio from AT&T"?????  Gee thanks,
I was unaware that a plug for an AT&T product (a one line plug at that) made
me an "obnoxio from AT&T"....

Randy